The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-05-22
GREAT STATION FOR
WEATHER WORK WILL
Be ERECTED HERE.
Plans For the Structure Include
the Most Modern Of Scien-
tiiic Equipment
SCHEME PROPOSED BY LOCAL
EXPERT ENDORSED BY ARMY
Buildings and Plant win Be Mod
elIed Upon the Famous
Omaha Institution

The second meteorological station ia
he United States for the gathering Of
lata Of the upper air win shortly be
,reeted IN Hawaii unless the plans Of
he army ana Of the weather bureau
20 askew. BY proposal presented by
he local representative Of the weather
bureau, A, NJ. Hamrick, and enthusias-
ically endorsed blythe army authori.
les Of this department an electric-reel
station from which will be flown the
reat kites which carry the instru.
ients aloft is planned to be placed here
; soon as practical. 1t win be mod.
led on the similar station at Omaha,
Nebraska, and will be the only station
y the kind ia the tropics, or semi.
ropics.
( One Of the principal reasons for the
ldoption Of plans for such station
lere IL TO secure data for the aviation
,orps Of the army which is about to
install Q squadron Of flyers on Oahu and
whom such information is vital.
The plan, as outlined by Mr. Ham.
lex was to build a reelhouse where
an electric reel might be installed
which would be used. to haul In the
,ig kites which are flown by the
Teathermen in gathering the data nee
ssary for computing the strength
md direction Of the upper air cur
enfs
II was stated in his letter to the
ar department that not single
tation Of the sire and scope Of
hat proposed for this place IS now III
xistenee In the tropics; the only infor-
lntion now recorded on the subject OF
ae upper air currents in this part Of
he Globe being that gathered BY
utch professor on the Islands Of Dor.
ieo, and this was gathered with his
,wn apparatus, which was not com
slete.
dded BY Evans
Gen. Il. n. Evans was in command
IT the department at the. time Mr..
famrick 3 letter was written. He sae
{ once the immense advantage that
uch a station would be to the aviation
orps as.well as to the artiIlerymen who
ave the big guns to fire, and he strong
y recommended TO the war department
hat they cooperate to the fullest ex
ent with the weather bureau In the
proposed work. After going through
early every department. OF the wealth.
= bureau and every bureau OF the wal
apartment, Mr.. Hamfick's letter came
'ack to him with the report that every
tort is to be made by both branches
the government to secure the estab.
ishment of the proposed station. This
interpreted to mean that as sooE
funds are available, the work Oh
be plant for the station viii begin
I is believed that the Meteorological
;esearch Station will form part Of
he equipment Of the aero squadron
nd that visitors to Pearl Harbor and
icinity will soon see, not only aero
lanes navigating the blue, but great
Dox kites which win reach one, two and
ven three miles into the upper air,
learing barometers and other instru.
nents by which the conditions of the
Ar at these heights may be recorded.
Cooperation between the weather
'ureau and the aviation corps win not
egin with the establishment Of the
liant here; since 1914 the two depart,
lents have been cooperating at San
Diego.
favored BY Scientists 4ls
Some Of the results Of this coopera.
ion were described recently by Mr.. G.
Z. Edholm in the Scientific American.
For many years the relations between
the weather man and the air man have
1een mutually helpful. The laborator.
90 for the study Of the upper air have
ecured information of the greatest
value regarding air currents, their di
ection and vei0cities at levels up tc
wenty and one-half miles, as well AT
he temperatures encountered at yari-
,us attitudes.
Doctor Carpenter, the weather bn
eau's Los Angeles representative, was
me Of the many boosters for San
Diego when il was proposed TO select
\ site for the permanent establishment
81 the government 8 aviation school
North Island, the present site Of tho
lrmy's school, is located on San Diego
Say aud is an ideal spot for the be
sinner TO learn the flying game, moi
only because Of its perfect climat.
tut also because of is Typographical
advantages.
Gradually the weather bureau and
he aylativn scnool nave come in toucL
Until now there is hardly a day with.
tut q conference between the officer
instructors and the forecaster. During
he eross-country flights Of April and
May 1916, forecasts of flying condi
ions we're issued to the ayiators. spe
'iai observations Of wind, weather and
Jog conditions were made from the
oast near Los Angeles, and from the
weather bureau cooperative station al
he Mount Wilson Solar Observatory.
From the latter point, with an altitude
u 5000 feet, reports of fog heights
we're secured which were of particular
Salue This station commands
weeping view Of the coast from Point
sirmin, overlooking Los Angeles har-
'or, to Point Iona ON San Diego Bay.
knowing the different levels, the Oh
eryer stationed on Mount Wilson was
BILE to report the actual thickness and
xtent Of the fog belt, its history for |
he previous twenty.fon hours, and |
forecast regarding il.