24t> KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



On the 30th the situation of " high " and " low " was not relatively changed. 

 Both had worked a Httle more to the southward. " Low " was still held at bay, 

 but ready to advance toward Washington at short notice. 



At 7 A. M. on the morning of the 31st the old "high" had disappeared off 

 the coast. A new "high" was faintly indicated in the northwest. "Low" by 

 this time had been crowded away down into Texas, Indian Territory, Arkansas 

 and Louisiana, liable at any moment from this new position to advance and 

 create what is generally termed a northeast storm. On the afternoon of the 31st 

 this old " low," which had been so long expected finally reached here. 



June ist a supplement to this "low" which had been separated from the 

 main body came marching on. June 2d the coast was comparatively clear again, 

 only a little new "low" in the northwest, which it was not expected would disturb 

 the conditions of this locality ; but before midnight its course was such that the 

 indications for the morning of the 3rd of Juiae, were quite different from that of 

 the afternoon of the 2d. 



It may be asked if there is no way of ascertaining in advance the course 

 these storm centers will take or the speed at which they will travel across the 

 country. None that we have thus far been able to discover. March 25th and 

 26th "low " went from the base of the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic coast in 

 thirty-two hours ; on this occasion we see that it took five days for -about the 

 same distance. 



The indications of the Weather Bureau prove this uncertainty of direction 

 and speed, for they would be most unwise not to do the best they could. The 

 weather map of each succeeding day is a proof of their wisdom and integrity. 

 Let the weather map be well understood, and what are now termed " mistakes" 

 will be revealed to be the best information that human wisdom could devise. 



In years to come when the world has comprehended the usefulness of the 

 weather map, and comes to understand the movements of " high" and "low," 

 and becomes weather prophets for themselves, it will be amusing to contrast the 

 writings of to-day, which plead for and defend the wisdom daily revealed on these 

 maps, with the childish comments upon the weather, and the absurd attempts at 

 guessing what the weather will be months and weeks in advance. I have pleaded 

 for intelligence — for the intelligent people of the world to learn something about 

 weather — about it as it stands to-day and as revealed on these wonderful maps; 

 but hardly a day passes but what the most absurd notions in regard to the weath- 

 er appears in prominent papers, and reveals the fact that many of the most intel- 

 ligent people in the world are content to trust in sensational prophecies of the 

 weather by those who have not contributed one advanced idea in regard to the 

 changes which go to make up our weather system. 



The recent appearance of the comet reveals this fact most forcibly. The 

 peculiar cool weather of June is " all owing to the comet." So they attempt to 

 tell us. Had it been very warm these same parties would have said that it was 

 " all owing to the comet ; " as people in different localities on the same evening 

 credit the clear or cloudy sky to the moon. It would seem that intelligent people 



