A Manual of Weathercasts; Comprising Storm Prognostics on Land and Sea; With an Explanation of the Method in Use at the Meteorological Office.

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3CHAPTER VII. THE SHIFTING OF THE WIND IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES, BI WHICH THE NEXT ENSUING WINDS ON ANY OCCASION MAI BE PROBABLY PREDICTED, WITH THE CONSEQUENT CHANGE OF WEATHER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMING WIND? WHETHER DRY, MOIST, WARM, COLD OR TEMPESTUOUS, AS KNOWN BY EXPERIENCE AND ACCOUNTED FOR BY SCIENCE.* In England, when the wind changes from east to south, from south to west, from west to north, and from north to east, it seldom goes back, or if it does, it is only for a short time; but if it moves in a contrary direction, namely, from east to north, from north to west, from west to south, and from south to east, it generally returns to the former point, at least before it has gone through the whole circle. If the south wind begins to blow for two or three days, the north wind will sometimes blow suddenly after it; but if the north wind blows for the same number of days, the south wind will not rise until after the east has blown awhile. These general shiftings of the wind in England are given by Lord Bacon, and any one who will take the trouble to ascertain the direction of the wind any day will easily infer what will probably be the next direction; and the next direction will suggest the next weather, for textit{every wind has its weather; the north wind, textit{cold; the east wind, textit{dry; the south wind, textit{warm and often wet; the west wind, textit{generally rainy, and c. Indeed, it is impossible to lay down rules for the weather which do not take the direction of the wind into consideration. textit{Every weather has its wind. textit{* For the facts of this chapter we are indebted to Dove's Law of Storms, in which the authorities for the shiftiugs of the wind are given. textit{The Shift of Winds in France and Prussia. 93 4/ / 2. Tri France (Northern and Central), when...