Meteorology, Weather, and Methods of Forecasting, Description of Meteorological Instruments and River Flood Predictions in the United States - Couverture rigide
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Government weather services have been founded in most countries over the world, and weather-maps are published daily showing the weather over vast areas of country as reported by telegraph. The hopes that were once entertained that a precise knowledge of coming weather could be gained from the weather-map has not been fully realized. Cases are comparatively rare where it can be of use in predicting the weather. There are not more than six to twelve occasions in the course of a year for any part of the country where successful predictions can be made, and for some places successful predictions are never possible. The main object of this book is to explain the use of the weathermap, where it can be of use, for the purpose of making predictions. The kinds of weather that can be foretold are the great changes, and these are the ones most interesting to know. Successful continuous predictions for every day are not possible. A fall of temperature as great as 40 degrees can be foreseen to a certainty for most parts of the country east of the Mississippi River. The north-east rain storms along the Atlantic coast can be successfully predicted in most cases. Floods along the lower Ohio and Mississippi rivers can be foreseen from one to three weeks in advance of their occurrence, and the height the water will reach can be assigned within a foot or two. Rain occurs, as a rule, with the areas of low air pressure that cross the country from west to east and from south-west to north-east. The average direction and rate of motion of these areas are known, but they are subject to many irregularities. Rain can in most cases be inferred for regions over which the areas are likely to pass.
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