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THAT “DEPRESSION OVER ICELAND.”
THE WEATHER-MAN'S WORK.
WIZARDRY OF FORECASTS EXPLAINED BY LONDON EXPERT.
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Those who have heard "SLO | "calling at D
grim regularity with which the announces informed his aurora of
weather man he was human
im will recall the and likeable--so I began,”
What is a depression?"
4 Oh many things, to replied
And Iceland?" I asked. "We get six from there," said the weather man seriously.
Anything elao" I inquired. the existence of a deep depres-indulgently, but as far as we are
"Oh, yes," he answered. We sion over Iceland.". Last month, concerned it means bad weather.” send out requests to ships in the during the heat wave, a Londun And anti-cyclone?"
Atlantic and down as far as Gibral- journalist made it his business to "Exactly the reverse," he re-tar, and they wireless back their fed out something about these do plied. “It means fine weather. reports." pressing. depressions, and this is the One registers high pressure and the result
barometer falls; the other shows practically no air pressure and the barometer rises Simple:"!
Ninety in the Shade.
The thermometer was hovering at ninety in the shade when I turned the corner, at Aldwych and Kingsway and stopped from the blinding gläre of the afternoon sun- light into the cool depths of the Air Ministry
***Tako me," I said, "to the wea thar man
"How do you—1 I began. “I know,” he interrupted. "How do we discover a depression or an anti-cyclons and how do we follow ita movements 1!
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ather Stations. The lesson started. I was told first of all Elit the weather export has to collect his information
Twas ushered into a lift, hoisted rapidly to the fifth story, and guid- ed along a winding narrow corridor through ordinary channels which
to, u large room of charts, instru-nre perfectly familiar to every one. ments, and drawing tables.
The meteorological depart ment announced the messenger. Is miontally truggling with the Eutih, wlien avtall, it loose limbal man, with studious blue eyes and A pipe est firmly in his testb, rose from a map before him and cama forward.
" Yes! ha inquired kindly,
Could you tell me," I started, "about this depression over Ice
land.?!
He smiled, he beamed, he simply exuded happiness.
Gone, he remarked simply "It is
wo can't find it; thank h
He was looking out of the window across at the pale blue sky, at the oceans of sunlight that drenched the buildings down toward the Strand. He lowered his voice.
Alr From the South..
"We have another depression, however," he whispered, more' or less confidentially," hanging over the middle of the "Ailantic. If it stays there we are all right, and the weather will hold out.
At the moment we are enjoying the glorious benefits of an anti- cyclone belt which centres over Germany," he added. The air currents, fortunately, are coming north from the Mediterranean. But As soon as the anti-cyclone disap penis and the Atlantic depression starts eastwarda well-we will be
back to our normal summer" wes-f ther again."
approximately 100 weather ona cattered through the Unit Kingdom. Five time neday the telegraph, telephone, crop wireless time result of their ob
servations.
dofinite e hours
Punctually, at they read their barometers and note the pressure. The temperature is taken. Visibility is checked by looking at certain standard objects
around the station;
Rainfall, if any; is measured." Sunshine is recorded. Clouds are described.
Weather generally is reported, and little hydrogen-filled rubber I ballons, which rise at the rate of 500 feet a minute, are released to determine the height of the clouds and the speed of the wind at various levels.
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Preparing a Forecast. "And then," I suggested, you are ready to start outlining the wea- ther
"Yes," he said, "we prepare a forecast."
I looked over his shoulder at a projection of the Northern Hemis phere. It was dotted with tiny numerals, arrowe with one-sided barba, and circular lines that re- sembled contours on an ordnance map.
The lines waving in and out, but completing an irregular circle, he called " isobars. They ran through the points where the baro metric pressures were equal. The circles narrowed down until they lolt a hole in the centre which I could see was about mid-Atlantic. I pointed to it, s
The depression," he returned. There was a moment's silence while I stared thoughtfully at the first picture of a depression I had
ever seen.
"The arrows," mid the weather man, completing our study of the map, “indicate the direction of the wind, and the barbs show the speed. Eight barbs is gale force- nearly fifty miles an hour,
Four men were seated, around us at the tables deciphering weither station messages and jotting the ren ports down in tiny figures on a map. These observations, it was ex-before them. Some were preparing plained, are noted down in au inter special forecasts. national cole of numerals and the message despatched to London in 1
Queer Requests,
less space than a fifteen-word tele-We supply many queer re gram would take
qucate," my meteorological friend "Quite elementary; you sec,” said | stated. We prepare wet or dry my instructor, and it all-arrives reports for convoy firms. We give here.
health resorts special forecasts, and
There are approximately 1,000 | even Channel swimmers. write for weather stations on the Continent, a statement on future conditions in and as they all make their wireless the English Channel. reports in the international code 1. passed one room where a young radio operators on the roof of the man wearing large horn-rimmed Air Ministry are ** latering, in " spectacles was thoughtfully at work morning and night and recording as though he were preparing an the observations of foreign weather analysis of weather conditions for posts.
the next twelve months. N
"They come in here, too," I was informed.
That chap. said the weather man, ie making n forecast for Then America and Canada. More another young man who wants to than 100 central readings are sent row across the Irish Channel in a
paat.
Questions began to tumble over one another in my mind. I had re- covered from my first embarrass ment at meeting the mysterious out.
Desire."
Diary of Coming Events,
To-day. (September 30.)
Theatro:
"Young
Word Theatre: The Iran Mask. Star Theatre: "Freedom of the Press"
Star Theatre Flesh and the | Motzinger), 2.30 p.m.; Europe við
Siberia (Porthos), 2 p.m.; Europe Devil vid Marsailles (Patroclas), 8 p.m.
Tides: High, -1.40 a.m.; Low, 11.03
Central Theatre: " The Mighty"
¿Queen's. Majestic Theatre: The Gay | Desire.” Defender."
Banitary Board Meeting, 4.18 p.m.
Kowloon Football Club, annual mosting, & p.m.
Lammerta Auction of Household Furniture, at Mt Austin Barracke, 11 a.ma
Dianer by Members of Chinese Community to Mr. DW. Tratman, C.M.G., at Kam Ling Hotel, 8 p.m.
8.30p.m.
European Mail:-Outward: Europe vid Warstilles" (General
Wednesday. (October 1.) Thontro
Young.
Central Theatre: Street Girl."- Garrison School Aquatic Sports, V.R.C., 2.30 p.m.
Europebo Mail.-Inward: Europa rid-Siberia (Genoma). Outward: Europe vid Siberia (Empress of Japan), 10a.m."
World Theatrò; The Iron Mask."{' Tides; "High, 4.88 a.m., and 8:80 Star Theatro Freedom of the p.m.; Low, 1219 Press,
Central Theatre: ** The Mighty," Victoria Recreation Club, Aquatic Sporten
Dinner Dance: Hong Kong Hotel 8.30 p.m.
Tidas: High, 3.7 s.m.; Low, 12.12 11.m.
Thursday, (October 2)
Friday
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Qucon's Theatre: "Redemption." World Theatre:Modern Love", Star Theatre:"Floah and the Devil,
Central Theatre: "Street-Girl Lanner. Avosies of Hey. Young | Furniture,; Salesroom, 2.80 p.m.
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