Tuesday, October 23, 2007
100 YEARS AGO
There's a great website that you can access weather maps as far back as 130 years ago from. Check it out here. http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/dwm/data_rescue_daily_weather_maps.html
It seems as if the temperature across much of the area remained in the 50s with winds out of the north. Hmmm... might we be experiencing some sort of cool one hundred year cycle? We'll leave that one to the jury! Anyway, check out the map site. It's a neat place to compare trends. You will have to download a free viewing browser. Just follow the directions. From the October 23 1907 map, here's a nice paragraph on Barometric pressure, winds and expected weather.
WIND BAROMETER INDICATIONS
When the wind sets in from points between south and southeast and the barometer falls steadily a storm is approaching from the west or northwest, and it’s center will pass near or north of the observer within twelve to twenty-four hours with wind shifting to the northwest by way of southwest and west. When the wind sets in from points between east and northeast and the barometer falls steadily a storm is approaching from the south or southwest and its center will pass near or to the south or east of the observer within twelve to twenty-four hours with wind shifting to the northwest by way of north. The rapidity of the storm’s approach and its intensity will be indicated by the rate and the amount of the fall in the barometer.
It seems as if the temperature across much of the area remained in the 50s with winds out of the north. Hmmm... might we be experiencing some sort of cool one hundred year cycle? We'll leave that one to the jury! Anyway, check out the map site. It's a neat place to compare trends. You will have to download a free viewing browser. Just follow the directions. From the October 23 1907 map, here's a nice paragraph on Barometric pressure, winds and expected weather.
WIND BAROMETER INDICATIONS
When the wind sets in from points between south and southeast and the barometer falls steadily a storm is approaching from the west or northwest, and it’s center will pass near or north of the observer within twelve to twenty-four hours with wind shifting to the northwest by way of southwest and west. When the wind sets in from points between east and northeast and the barometer falls steadily a storm is approaching from the south or southwest and its center will pass near or to the south or east of the observer within twelve to twenty-four hours with wind shifting to the northwest by way of north. The rapidity of the storm’s approach and its intensity will be indicated by the rate and the amount of the fall in the barometer.
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