The Washington herald., 1909-03-28

wiz find that the spirals have the same
direction of rotation az We have already
noted.
Now we are prepared TO tackle that IA
nous storm of the 4th- AL our highs and
lows. with the exception Of the compare
lively few lows. or storms. which come
up from the West Indies and sweep
along over or near our Atlantic coast,
move across the country n a generally
east-tO-west direction The paths OF
highs and lows across the country vary a
little between summer and winter. Dur
Ing the winter our great storms. or lows,
begin on the Pacific. over the Japan cur
rent, 10 the east and southeast OF For
mosa and Japan Thence they move
northeast 10 Bering Sea. down the west
COST Of North America. and cross the
southwestern part OF Cansdas to enter the
United States IN the region OF Montana
and Minnesota From there onward they
generally follow the line Of the Great
Lakes and the St Lawrence River, pass
ing out 70 sea IN a northeasterly direction
across the Atlantic and over Northern
Europe into the Siberian regions. where
they die out. apparently from lack or
moisture 10 sustain them. This IS the
usual track across the United States. but
often the low center. after crossing the
the south and then turns more sharply %
the northeast 20 regain the usual track
Although the inauguration day storm
took this southern track. Il appeared 10
be perfectly regular and normally be-
haved performance Up 20 the middle OF
the night OF March 81 Lows move
eastward az an average speed Of COO 10
700 miles day, and IN general Z IS safe
10 count on their having a fairly uni
form rate OF movement This particular
storm was first located with its center
IN the extreme southwestern part OF
British Columbia, at s a. n OF March /
BY ?. N or that day its center had
moved about S degrees OF longitude 70 the
eastward. On the morning OF March 2 u
was about - degrees farther east. in Win
nipeg- AT 8 p m OF March 2 Il had
crossed into the United States and was
central in Minnesota The next morning.
March 2. Il had moved 20 about the region
OF Cleveland. Is degrees farther east At
?. N. OF March Il was az Atlantic City.
Course Suddenly Became Irregular
Here Is where the trouble with the fore
casts began For the three days proceed
ing the storm had moved along a nearly
straight line, with q velocity regularly
about twice as great during the night as
during the daytime During the after
noon OF March 3 the city OF Washington
was covered by the southwestern quad
rant OF the storm. and there was rain. n
strict accord with the general behavior OF
lows; the winds were from the south and
southwest There was good reason for
the chief fOrecasrer 70 expect that on the
night OF March 3 the storm would move
onward 20 the east or northeast at some
thing OF the rate OF speed II had shown dur
Ing the two preceding nights II K had
done 50. the rains IN It's southwestern
quadrant would have passed wei 70 The
east Of Washington, and the weather
would have been clear and colder for In
suguration day. Just as Prof. Moore sc-
trally predicted the conditions.
But the ''peskyf storm hardly moved az
all during the night OF March 3 L did
hitch little 20 the east OF Atlantic City.
but only by about one-sixth OF the 6is-
tance Il had made in each OF the preCed-
ing nights This sniff in position was
Just sufficient % bring Washington into
the northwest winds IN the rear OF the
storm, and there was snow and a hair
gale FOR half OF March At ?. n on
that day. the 4th. the center OF the storm
bad reached Providence. r I. the wealth
er % the west OF IL had cleared. and II was
fair in Washington On the night o.
March +S the storm took up its old rate
of night progress again. and the morning
Of the 9Th its center was over the mouth
OF The 81 Lawrence
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