The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-09-15
WEATHER IN SKY
DIRECTOR GLENN AND CORPS
GET WEATHER DATA FROM
THE REGIONS ABOVE
BALLOONS DO SOUNDING
Equipped with Delicate, Self Record
ing instruments They Tell all
the Weather Story of
CIoud-Land

u
ra D"Ilhs the month or AN
Su0t representative or the Uni et
$50 "V"'heI bureau sent up aDoI1
60 yI"'e summing baiioAS I ON
- me MoIh IS IN charge
$50 INp0LIS' D. j. 3hefry. man
80 - /. - fNosS assistant. Ihese
@ WIN III perfect WITH
". "l'Hn' ulItcor OF the Unit
"I"'e9 weather bureau at HUI
IN, VINO Win nlS assistants give val
uapie @Iu 10 the experts. The pur-
poSe Vi IheSe ascenslons is to obtain
IeCoIus oI t~elhperature humidity,
WING direction and vino velocity al
gwen AT IuueS. lhese ~ascenSl0ns con
. 81 Vi Two series. Inc trst series was
nesu" E.g's. . ana ceH'lnued @nt
AuSCSI ~ me second series cOntln-
ueu uaiIy uoJiI ABOUT twenty more
o"IIoohS were sent up.
huron was So. ecIeo for this fa'l0on
because OF It's favorable To-
tatloh' us SITUATION near the path of
the summer storms n the country
east ana south IS level, well settled
anu Tree from large tracts or timber
anu rouSh II AS the balloons fol-
40" east or southeast or the starting
point they can De more readily traced
III d Clear level country than other
wise;
WINE the united states weather bu-
Ieau was DONG TINS work at Huron,
tne OF the principal for
e.gn countries were each sending up
similar hsiIoons, from one or more
statlons IN their respective territory.
upper air observations are thus SIM
u~ltaneousiy OBTAINED from various
parts or the world. The results of
these ascenslons are Published and
thuS become aVallaDle Tor comparison
n study by scientists throughout
the WoFId.
A knowledge or the coming weather
lIy. that the question Is often asked,
.What are the prospects for further
improving the daily forecasts" The
answer IS, that while the government
mas a corps or forecasters who are
now applying all OF the knoledge that
mas been acquired, little hope for
marked Improvement can be held out
until a substantial addition is made
10 the pure science or the problem.
TINS can only be done by experiment,
'
The balloons are made In Germany
and France OF pure rubber, they
weight about hve pounds each, and
nave a llttlng capacity or from eight
to ten pounds. They are about eight
feet IN met and capable OF ex-
pandlng TO twenty teet or more. TO
each baloon Is attached a wicker pas
ket, when contains a very dellcately
None r1IpfpF n r III N m E mi l1tfin IN
chine accurately records the temper
allure, pressure and humidity or the
atmosphere, through which 1t our
neys, and brings back to earth an In
terestlng story written n clpner
upon d soot coFereu cyilnuer' py
sharp Stylus points at the end or arms
mat reau'ly eSpoh 10 Ine S.shteSt
movement OF Che particular lhsIru-
ment WIN WIN II IS cohnecIeu' Inc
cyllnuer TeVoiVes very Slowly py d
clock"ork ueVice' lot a peTlou o! rom
TWO 10 three hourS Inc recoIu tnus
written Is translated by eHper's aller
the oallooh uescehuS anu Is reCuIneu'
A thermometer cafrleu ny each pai-
loon consists Oh Two sIrlps Oh metal
each SENSITIVE TO the changes III Ieh-
perature by cohLractloh ana eApan-
sion, the strip pelhS ~cohhecIeu Win
the arm OF the recorolhg ae'lce.
All these lntricate hl~achihes' To-
gether WIN a basket containing mem,
is a urine over TWO pouhus; oesuTely
attached 10 the basket Is d neaEy IN
en- hoer envelope % by % Inches III
when Is a Tag 10 De a!tacneu o the
balloon by the hhueT' airectlhg us re-
TURN ana also d ca[u auuLesseu u inc
MOUNT Weatner Fn,o'S,
mont, va upon Whlcn Is given the
date OF ascension, nu,hneT III lnstru-
ments, also oate anu place "hele
ana address OF Hhuer.
cubic feet OF gas, ana at starving Is