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  0. 
  L. 
  Fassig 
  — 
  March 
  Weather 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  necessary. 
  Excellent 
  material 
  is 
  at 
  hand 
  for 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  these 
  

   problems 
  in 
  the 
  "Balletin 
  of 
  Simultaneous 
  International 
  

   Observations" 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Weather 
  Bureau, 
  the 
  

   "Synoptic 
  Charts 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Atlantic 
  Ocean" 
  of 
  the 
  

   Danish 
  Meteorological 
  Institute 
  and 
  the 
  Hamburg 
  Marine 
  

   Observatory, 
  and 
  the 
  " 
  Charts 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  Monsoon 
  Area 
  " 
  

   of 
  the 
  Indian 
  Meteorological 
  Service. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  

   importance 
  to 
  secure 
  synoptic 
  charts 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Ocean, 
  

   charts 
  for 
  this 
  vast 
  area 
  being 
  at 
  present 
  entirely 
  wanting. 
  

   The 
  United 
  States 
  Hydrographic 
  Office 
  has 
  fortunately 
  made 
  a 
  

   beginning 
  in 
  this 
  direction 
  by 
  collecting 
  daily 
  observations 
  of 
  

   pressure, 
  wind 
  direction 
  and 
  state 
  of 
  the 
  weather, 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  

   the 
  preparation 
  of 
  the 
  Pilot 
  Chart 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Ocean, 
  but 
  

   these 
  observations 
  are 
  not 
  published 
  and 
  hence 
  not 
  easily 
  

   accessible 
  for 
  purposes 
  of 
  study. 
  

  

  Some 
  advance 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  gathering 
  telegraphic 
  sta- 
  

   tistics 
  for 
  the 
  North 
  Atlantic 
  since 
  Hoffmeyerin 
  1879 
  proposed 
  

   joining 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  ocean 
  to 
  the 
  mainland 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  

   trace 
  more 
  accurately 
  the 
  larger 
  atmospheric 
  movements. 
  In 
  

   the 
  south-western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  ocean 
  the 
  chain 
  has 
  been 
  completed 
  

   by 
  the 
  recent 
  establishment 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  Indian 
  weather 
  ser- 
  

   vice 
  as 
  a 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Weather 
  Bureau. 
  Several 
  

   most 
  important 
  links 
  in 
  the 
  chain 
  are 
  still 
  lacking, 
  namely 
  the 
  

   Azores, 
  Iceland 
  and 
  Greenland. 
  

  

  The 
  necessity 
  of 
  a 
  larger' 
  field 
  of 
  view 
  in 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  

   weather 
  sequences 
  is 
  steadily 
  becoming 
  more 
  apparent 
  to 
  the 
  

   meteorologist. 
  The 
  hope 
  of 
  progress 
  in 
  weather 
  forecasting 
  

   lies 
  in 
  this 
  direction. 
  

  

  Johns 
  Hopkins 
  University, 
  Baltimore. 
  

  

  