Geographic Notes 



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THE ATLANTIC WEATHER 

 SERVICE. 



PROF. ALFRED J. HENRY, un- 

 der the direction of the Chief of the 

 Weather Bureau, has established dur- 

 ing the last month a meteorological sta- 

 tion at Hamilton, Bermuda. This sta- 

 tion was needed to complete the chain 

 of outposts planted at strategic points 

 extending from the Lesser Antilles west- 

 ward and northwestward to the British 

 possessions. Bermuda is in the track 

 of atmospheric disturbances which pass 

 northeastward from the Florida coast, 

 and which occasionall}'', curve northwest- 

 ward, striking tlie southern coast of New 

 Etigland. From this vantage point it 

 will also be possible to forecast with 

 greater accurac}^ the tracks of storms 

 which occasionaVly develop great inten- 

 sity in the Atlantic off the coast of the 

 Carolinas. 



Arrangements have also been made 

 by the Weather Bureau for a daily cable- 

 gram from the Azores, giving the mete- 

 orological conditions in that part of the 

 Atlantic, and also for a dail}' cablegram 

 from London, summarizing the condi- 

 tions west of Spain, France, and Ire- 

 land. As the forecasters of the Weather 

 Bureau can now determine what condi- 

 tions storms proceeding from the United 

 States will meet, they are able to pre- 

 dict with considerable certainty the di- 

 rection such storms are likely to pursue. 



The U. S. Weather Bureau has al- 

 ready begun issuing to the captains of 

 the trans-Atlantic liners predictions of 

 the weather for three davs out of New 

 York. 



The advance made in our knowledge 

 of the laws governing meteorological 

 conditions, and especially in the prac- 

 tical application of these laws to the in- 

 terests of the mariner and the farmer, 

 has been one of the most remarkable 

 recent developments of science. Prof. 

 Willis L. Moore, Chief of the U. S. 

 Weather Bureau, believes that the time 



may come when scientists will so thor- 

 oughly understand these laws that the}' 

 can with certainty forecast the seasons. 



THE U. S. WEATHER BUREAU AT 

 THE PARIS EXPOSITION. 



THE United States Weather Bureau 

 exhibit was installed during the 

 month of April and opened to visitors 

 for inspection in completed condition 

 May 15. The building remained open 

 and the exhibit accessible to visitors 

 ever}' day, except Sundays, from 9 a. m. 

 to 6 p. m.jfrom May 15 to September 30, 

 and from 9 a. m. to 5.30 p. m. during 

 the month of October. It was necessary 

 to close a half hour earlier during the 

 month of October on account of dark- 

 ness, there being no wa}' of lighting the 

 building artificially. 



The exhibit was visited by many thou- 

 sands of people, among whom were 

 meteorologists and those interested in 

 related sciences from all parts of the civ- 

 ilized world. The cloud photographs, 

 the method of making weather forecasts,- 

 and the kite and aerial apparatus at- 

 tracted special attention. 



Man}'- interested in aeronautics and 

 air explorations examined the kite ex- 

 hibit in detail, taking photographs and 

 measurements of the kite, instruments, 

 and apparatus. Notably among these 

 were a number of officers of the German, 

 French, Italian, and Japanese armies 

 and navies. 



During the meeting of the Interna- 

 tional Meteorological Congress, which 

 brought to Paris representative mete- 

 orologists from nearly all parts of the 

 world, a special invitation was extended 

 to its delegates and members to visit and 

 inspect the Weather Bureau exhibit. 

 This invitation was accepted, and there- 

 fore the exhibit brought the methods, 

 instruments, etc., of the United States 

 Weather Bureau to the attention of those 

 most interested in meteorological work. 



