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SUGGESTIONS FOR WEATHER STUDY. 



The total rainfall for each month should be noted and 

 comparative tables of the same drawn up.* 



The teacher will be able in course of time to indicate 

 from a study of the charts, besides the direction of the pre- 

 vailing winds already noted, such points as a relation 



S.E. 



Fig. 170. Wind Star : it records 2 days N., 5 days N.W., 6 days W., 1 day S.W., 

 4 days S. wind. (Adapted from F. Mort.) 



between rain and certain directions of the wind, or between 

 certain types of cloud and certain kinds of weather. But 

 these things can only be arrived at after continued ex- 

 perience of a district, and conclusions should not be 

 forced. 



* The teacher will find many useful suggestions in Hints to 

 Meteorological Observers, prepared under the direction of the Council 

 of the Royal Meteorological Society by Wm. Marriott, F.R.Met.Soc. 

 London : Edward Stanford. 



