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READING THE WEATHER
SHOWER BEHIND VALLEY FORGE
Courtesy of Richard F. Warren
READING THE WEATHER
BY T. MORRIS LONGSTRETH
ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS By RICHARD F. WARREN
Number 43
NEW YORK OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY MCMXV
Copyright, 1915, by OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY
All rights reserved.
DEDICATED with love, to my grandmother MARY GIBSON HALDEMAN herself responsible for so much sunshine.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
Forecast i
I Our Well-Ordered Atmosphere 11
II The Clear Day 20
III The Storm Cycle 42
IV Sky Signs for Campers 64
The Clouds 65
The Winds 76
Temperatures 86
Rain and Snow 99
Dew and Frost 112
The Thunderstorm Exposed 116
The Tornado 129
The Hurricane 133
The Cloudburst 139
The Halo 140
V The Barometer 147
VI The Seasons 157
VII The Weather Bureau 167
VIII A Chapter of Explosions 175
Condensations 185
Signs of Fair Weather 185
Signs of Coming Storm 187
Signs of Clearing 189
When Will It Rain? 190
Signs of Temperature Change 191
Some Unsolved Weather Problems 192
What the Weather Flags Mean 193
Our Four World’s Records,—and Others 195
ILLUSTRATIONS
Shower Behind Valley Forge Frontispiece
PAGE
Cirrus Deepening to Cirro-Stratus 16
Cirro Stratus with Cirro-Cumulus Beneath 32
Cirro-Cumulus to Alto-Stratus 48
Alto-Stratus 80
Cumulus 96
Stratus 128
Nimbus 160