The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-15

Long time ago, in the days when the
Government first entered upon the bust
ness of forecastlng the weather. the
daily bulletin OF the Weather Bureau.
or that branch Of the Government SER
vice which corresponded to this, used
TO print at the head of it's daily sum.
mary OF weather probabilities this leg
end These indications subject to the
unknown influence OF the east wind"
We do not know that we have stated
correctly the literal words OF this eau
ton. but the weather forecast was In
substance made subject TO the qualifica.
ton referred to-
We cannot see why II would not be
very desirable thing for the Weather
Bureau TO revive the custom. The wea.
Their. at least In the eastern part OF our
country. is the result OF meteoro logical
Developments both to the east and to the
west OF us. or course we cannot know
what the developments are to the east
Of u.s. But II does not follow. there
fore that the weather is wholly the
iNSulb w h'NtiOl'lilthlS III Nut NfNl.
Nevertheless the Weather Bureau seems
to think that climatic conditions here
are In fact the sole result of western
conditions. The Government prophecies
and forecasts ms to the state of the
weather In New York seem TO be based
exclusively upon high pressures and low
pressures and all that sort Of thing In
Manitoba and the Rocky Mountains,
and the fact Of the great influence
exercised by the ocean area TO the ea st
is. so far as we can see, absolutely
ignored.
But the truth Is. as the observation
of all people in this nelghborhood has
made them aware that the weather of
of the country has been the result Of
east winds more than anything else
Our normal west and north winds have.
speaking generally. almost disappeared.
Our summers have been periods OF dark
days. heavy clouds. 80 or 60 degrees
temperature, fog, cold rains and the
like, interspersed with spells of torrid
heat. All this has been the result I'm u
meteorological sense Of an overlapping
of large part Of the northern half of
the continent by an area OF high pres
sure which normally hangs over the At
lantic Ocean alone. Our winters have
been as unsea sonably warm as the sum
mers have been unseasonably cold.
There has been little snow or ice. al
most no low temperatures, and. in a
word. very little weather that calls for
what IL described as seasonable winter
clothing. We have seen Il stated we
know not with what exact truth, that in
| Boston last winter the records of the
local weather bureau exhibited the pres
ence for the winter period Of 900 de-
grees Of temperature above the avera &c
amount. This was counterbalanced, as
might have been expected, by sub.
heat In the following summer. Indeed
It Is fair to say that there was not any
real summer last year until the month
of September. In the present sea son
our winter has been little colder than
1t was in the preceding year, but 1t has
still been only winter so called East
winds and high temperatures have been
the order Of the day.
We are not saying this to rebuke the
weather. We must put up with the
weather as 1t comes, whether we like II
! or not. But we need not put up with
the Weather Bureau. which leaves the
enst wind altogether out of its reckon
ing aud mocks us each day with predic
tions Of weather based wholly upor
: what happens in the Rocky Mountains.