Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-12-11

CONGREGATIONS known as cyclones and
anti-cycloncs, which have received their
names from the observed movement OF
the air within them.
In the vicinity Of a cyclone the winds
blow spirally inward toward the center
In a direction contrary to the motion Of
the hands of clock. To illustrate: On
the eastern side of such formation We
have southerly winds, and on the west
ern size, northerly winds. These facts
are also expressed by a law:
stand with your back to the wind the
center Of the storm is on your left side
About an anti-cyclone the winds blow
splrally outward from the center in a
clockwise manner.
The cyclone or area of low barometer
readings is characterized by cloudy sky
and is usually attended 10y rain or snow
and higher temperature, while the anti
cyclone or area of high barometer read
ings is usually attended by clear sky and
lower temperature. Both conhgurations
are gigantic whrls of air probably set in
motion by the condensation of amos
pherlc moisture, and the changes i'm our
weather are due to the Ceasclcss passage
of these whIrls over our locality. The
/ cyclones ana anti-cycloncs usually move
! alternately across the country. over
/ dictated 10y the words low" and high"
and refer to the relative readings Of the
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CYCLONE AND TORNADO
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! Of storm is ..torno1o" word od,nt.1
from the Spanish and meaning "twister"
which clearly describes the chief char
| acteristic of the formatiou a pendant
funnel-shapcd cloud in violent agitation.
/ The meaning "cyclone" f. moving in a
| circle: something any Of us may DE do
ing ana not. necessarily. he presenting a
terrifying spectacle such as the tornado
/ cloud
In tbo tornnorota 1oro- tb, ov,loro, o,,d
anti-cvcIo,os drift, .ostc.o,.3 n o., o,.ar-
are rate of eoo miles NOR loy mr. ,bo,,, -
miIos nor bo,r In ,rfnto. ,,a about no
miles nor hour I'm summon Sometimes
they move at twice this speed and again
at less than half of it; sometimes thcv
remain stationary for one or two DAYS
/ and then disappear.
! Four-scvenths of all the storms of the
| United states come from the northern
, plateau region of the Rocky mountains
and pass from that dry region eastward
over the Great Lakes and New England.
usually with light precipitation. The
|
sevenths are first noted in the south
western States. They move over the low
er MississipDi valley and New ENGLAND
with cop,ous rain or snow
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mako nm ost,,rato of What should t,i.o
place within the succeeding q hours. and
issue the weather forecast to that effect
The country Is divided into a number
| OF forecast districts The WASHINGTON
office issues forecasts for the ree,ior of
the country east of the Great Tal,os and
| the Mississlpui river Tho Cbicoro
office has charge from tho Great lakes
westward to the Rocky mountains and
as far south as Colorado and Oklahoma
while the balance Of the area is about
equally divided between the officials at
Portland. Oregon, San Francisco. Dem
Yer and New Orleans Within these sew
eral areas certain local officials have au-
thorlty to forecast FOR smaller subdivis-
ions. Each local forccaster also makes
practice forecasts for certain subdivisions
outside the limit of his own district. For
| Instance. the local forccastcrs of the area
comprised In the Washington district
make practice forecasts for some of the
territory west OF the Mississippi river
! This is done so that the relative ability
of the forecasters may be determined and
| IN" work or IN" various officials Is care
! fully verified in order that all possible
may he done In the way of Improvement