METEOROLOGY CLIMATOLOGY. 1057 



Revision of Meteorological Forms, by H. J. Cox et al.; Forecasting Fogs on the 

 West Gulf Coast, by B. Bunnemeyer; Variations in Insolation and in the Polariza- 

 tion of Blue Sky Light during 1903 and 1904, by II. H. Kimball; A Popular Account 

 of the Countercurrent Theory of Storms, by F. H. Bigelow; A Possible Method for 

 Determining the Direction and Velocity of Storm Movement, by E. H. Bowie; Tem- 

 perature Forecasts and Their Relation to Iron Ore Shipments during the Late Fall 

 and Early Winter Months, by H. W. Richardson; Distribution of Forecasts by Tele- 

 phone, by G. M. Chappel; Practical Rules for Forecasting Flood-Crest Stages for 

 Cairo, 111., by P. H. Smyth; The Columbia River, by E. A. Beals; Some Diurnal 

 Periodicities in the Climate of Baltimore, by 0. L. Fassig; Instruction and Research 

 by Weather Bureau Officials, by C. Abbe and F. L. Odenbach; Meteorology in Uni- 

 versities and Other Institutions; Phenological Observations at Wauseon, Ohio, by 

 J. W. Smith; A Study of Rainfall on the West Florida Coast, by B. Bunnemeyer; 

 Climatology of Porto Rico, by W. H. Alexander; Monthly Statement of Averages for 

 Rural Press, by W. S. Belden; Irregularities in Frost and Temperature in Neighbor- 

 ing Localities, by I. M. Cline; and Former Conventions of Weather Bureau Officials, 

 by J. Berry. 



Long-range weather forecasts ( {7. S. Dept. Agr., Weather Bureau Bui. 35, pp. 

 68, Jigs. 2). — This bulletin includes papers by E. B. Garriott and C. M. Woodward, 

 which present a verification of the work of the most prominent of the so-called 

 long-range weather forecasters in the United States, showing the fallacy of their pre- 

 dictions and pointing out the impossibility of basing weather predictions on plane- 

 tary influences. The literature of long-range weather forecasts is reviewed and the 

 opinions of leading scientists regarding such forecasts are quoted. 



The bulletin "refers to theories regarding weather periodicities depending upon 

 lunar and planetary influences; summarizes results obtained by comparisons of maxi- 

 mum and minimum sun-spot periods with the phenomena of the earth's atmosphere; 

 states that the next advance in meteorological science must result from extensive 

 research in solar physics and terrestrial magnetism and comparison of solar and ter- 

 restrial phenomena; assumes that advances in the period and accuracy of the official 

 weather forecasts depend largely upon a study of atmospheric pressure over great 

 areas, and a determination of the influences that occasion normal and abnormal dis- 

 tribution of the greater atmospheric areas." 



The Chief of the Weather Bureau in his letter of transmittal states that as a 

 result of "personal verification of the work of long-range weather forecasters, some 

 of whom have so far gained the confidence of the rural press as to receive liberal 

 compensation for their prediction," he is led to the conclusion that these forecasters 

 do positive injury to the public at large. 



Annual summary of meteorological observations in the United States, 

 1904 (Mo. Weather Rev., 32 (1904), No. 13, pp. XIII +593-620, fig. 1, charts <?).— 

 This number gives a table of contents, list of corrections, additions, and changes, and 

 an index for volume 32; and a summary of observations on temperature, pressure, 

 precipitation, wind movement, cloudiness, and other meteorological phenomena 

 "based essentially upon data received from about 166 regular Weather Bureau sta- 

 tions, 33 regular Canadian stations, and from such climate and crop sections as have 

 forwarded their annual summaries in time." A report of the Chief of the Weather 

 Bureau for the year ended June 30, 1904, is included. 



Meteorological observations, C. D. Woods (Maine Sta. Bui. Ill, pp. 215-217). — 

 A summary of monthly averages of observations at Orono, Me., during 1904, on 

 atmospheric pressure, precipitation, cloudiness, and wind movement, with means for 

 temperature and precipitation for 36 years, and monthly and annual precipitation 

 for the same year at 20 different places in Maine. The annual summary for Orono 

 is as follows: Pressure 29.86 in., temperature 40.67° F. (mean for 36 years 42.15), 

 precipitation 39.02 in. (mean for 36 years 44.26), snowfall 92.4 in. (average for 36 



