The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-15
A~TMOSPHERE'S WONDERS.
Curious FOss ant Clouds i'm Nartous
Parts of the World.

CLOUD caps form on tops
when a current OF moist air ascends
the slope of the mountain, for the
air cools as IL rises and the moisture
IN II condenses On the fiat top Of
Table Mountain, neal Cape Town.
says the Youths Companion. a strong
southeast wind produces a horizontal
sheet OF cloud known as the table
cloth This cloud often appears to
pour over the steep leeward side Of
the mountain like a mighty cataract
The spreading of the table cloth il
a sign Of bad weather. At a little
distance from the mountain n second
cloud often forms. A similar pair OF
clouds often seen near Cross Fell. tn
England, are known as the helm and
bar The helm. or helmet, forms
over the mountain when a violent
wind, Known as the helm wind" is
blowing; the bar appears a mile or
TWO to leevard.
At Callao, on the coast OF Peru. sail
ors often encounter a foul smelling fog
that deposits a brown, Shiny coating
on white paint and metal, and hence
is called the painter" Another re
markable fog on the Peruvian coast
is known as the garua. 1t occurs in
a region where rain is unknown. and
supplies sufficient moisture to support
vegetation. Red fogs frequently oC-
cur off the northwest coast of Africa,
between the Canaries and the Cape
Verde Islands. They are sometimes
: so dense as to make navigation diff
: suit. The color is owing TO dusk that
= the trade winds bring from the Sahara
Desert.
Certain valleys in the Alps are often
! visited by a very warm and dry wind
known as the fohn. The effects OF
TINS wind are particularly striking in
winter. The snow melts and evapo-
rates as if by magic; woodworh be
comes as dry as finder, and great
I precautions are necessary to prevent
the occurrence of the disastrous free
known as "fohn fires" that often de-
stroy whole towns and villages. NJ
Il cooking is permitted while the fohn
) is blowing, and not even a pipe OF
u a cigarette may be lighted. Many per
sons s uffer with "fohn sickness
y whenever this wind prevails. The
5 chinook OF the western United States
5 is similar in character and origin &c
; the fohn.
: Over the waters Of the Bay o.
Chaleur, in Canada, a mysterious pho
} nomenon known as the fire ship" 1.
sometimes seen by night. 1t is &
roughly hemispherical mass Of lurni
mostly, with it's fiat side to the water
but sometimes it rises in slender NOV.
ing olumns that resemble the flaming
rigging Of a ship. 1t is supposed IL
foretell a storm. No satisfactory OK
pldHdlAoH u TINS phtuOUISIoH udl
y ever been given.
6 Andes lightning" is the name giveI
to a very striking luminous dischaTB,
of electricity seen over the crest o
6 the Andes. in Chill, in q region wher,
n ordinary thunderstorns are almos
unknown. The mountains appear {
act as a giant lightning rods, betvvce1
u which and the clouds silent discharge
II take place on a vast scale. A contin
rs nous glow is seen about the sunnit:
Is which occasionally outbursts like tn
a beams Of a s~earchIight. These dis
g plays have been seen by vessels tire
re hundred miles from the coast.
y Among the snow clad Alps a curiou
Or and beautiful phenomenon is some
times observed at the close OF tn
re day. h rosy Illumination of TN
NJ untain SUBMITS passes away, froy
L below upward, as the sun sinks be
SO low the opposite horizon, and for
ne few minutes the peaks, with the
a. pearance; then gradually they al
IS. lighted up With a second rosy glOv
Az and his may last for az much as a
1g hour after sunset. This is called n
"recoloration Of the Alps or, in RI
n case Of the giant Of the group, tf
resurrection Of Mont Blanc" TT
r. whole series of phenomena is Gale
at the ~"Alpenglow."