The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-19
Bv PAULINE LAYMAN.

by PAULINE LAYMAN.
Though "thc weather" h. the very
most popular topic OF conversation
in the whole wido world and we poor
mortals CURSE IL or praise il or spccu-
late and wonder over Il every single
day in our lives, and though IL is al
ways interfering Nth our picnlcs
and our professions and our political
campaigns, We know next to nothing
about II and are as hclplcss I'm the
clasp Of the olcmCnts as babc be-
meath tho paws of a jungle monarch.
After somo seemingly frcakish at-
mosphcric shift. we shrug our shoul-
dors and say, Perhaps tho weather
man understands the whyfore. We
certainly don't" Really though,
there isn't any such animal" as n
ono-nud-only and omnlpotcnt wealth
or man: rather, there nre several
hundred duplicates of him scattered
up and down tho land.
Six stations at BroiScn Arrow.
Six weather men abide right IN
our midst, Oklahoma-ly speaking In
tho tnltcd Stptos weather bureau
aerological station Mt Broken Arrow.
The Corps. headed by j. A. Reihle,
meteorologlst, spends its collective
time spying on tho sky for atmos-
phoric symptoms nnd It's daily dag
nosis Of tho case forms n part of the
wcat thor record and forecasts for this
stntc and nation,
Observation Of the weather r. not
NJ all tho tomporamontal, haphaZnrd
thing that mankind is wont to believe
that weather is: instead the observ-
Crs survey tho atmospheric antics Of
mother nature with a coldlv scicn-
A
logical station Is n ship-shnpe con-
Germ a mile east Of the city on 40
acre traCt-hcrc an office, hero n
tower thcrc tho thermometer shclt
ter, farther away the reel house and
theodolito shelter ana thencCforth
open country.
Observation nj the station is OF
two weather recording, pure
and simple, and Astrological work.
Tho former consists OF continuous
automatic records Of the temper
uturo, pressure ana humidity Of the
mir, ana tho speed aud direction OF
the wind. Tho duration Of sunshine
and tho time ana amount Of rainfall
are also automatically recorded in
/ tho office. Wind instruments are
exposed ON 60-foot steel tower so
| that tho record will not be affected
/ by surface conditions and tho rain
| gauge is equipped with tipping
bucket which records each hun
/ drodth Of an inch an n fails. An
outside instruments arc provided
with electric transmission 20 n regis
ter IN tho officc.
To tho casual visitor most inter
/ est probably attaches 20 the aero
/ logical work of the station, which Is
| nj ftF .sI4
/ per air with kites and small pilot
| balloons. Tho cellular box kite s.
/ madc or sprucowood franc, bracod
/ with wire struts and covered with
/ cloth sails uf hlacl, ana white, and
is provided with rubber bride
/ which allows tho kite TO flattcn out
ana relieve the tension n the wind
becomes too strong. \ whole fleet
of kites ride at anchor in stationary
horhor I'm the office. a large kite he
ing hailed forth whom the wind is
ight and q small ono for stroug
winds, Little boys, struggling val.
lautly in launching Eaudy kitcs
would cuvy the comparative ease
with which tho weather kites are
sent forth Tho kite is fastened tu
! tho end Of line mudo OF steel piano
wire, one-fOurth OF an inch In diam
.
| tric motor As the wire IS rcclod
| out other Kites are fastened ON nj
| intervals TO support it's weight until
/ the pun on the wire makes IL adyis,
/ able 20 reel In,
Kite Carries Instrument.
The head kite carries an iustru,
mont called n metcorocraph, which
records tho temperature, pressure
and humidity OF the air. and the
wind speed. Tho wind direction 4.
determined by the direction OF the
/ l,itos. After tho fught the record
sheet Is removed and computed. and
/ 4 telegraphic report OF the weather
elements is forwarded 10 the fore
/ cast centcrs Kite flights are made
/ nearly every day in the year. the eN-
| ccptions being due 20 light wind or
| 10 rain. The average altitude
/ reached Is one and one-half TO two
/ miles, although n record OF four
/ and ouc-half miles has been reached
] with kites In the United states When
tho sky IS cloudlcss and the wind
favorable @ series Of flights is made
throughout the night to show the