Average Rate Of Movement Research Articles

THE American Meterological Journal for May contains a paper read by Prof. W. M. Davis, before the New England Meteorological Society, entitled “Meteorology in the Schools.” It points out the best plan to be adopted by a teacher to give his pupils a sound knowledge of the subject, and it will be found full of interest for many who may have made considerable progress in the study of meteorology. The complete solution of weather changes is far beyond the meteorology of the day, but the paper will teach the student to recognize the great difficulties attendant upon successful weather-predictions, and to discriminate between these and the predictions of those who pretend to outline the course of meteorological events for months ahead.—Thunderstorms in New England during the year 1886, by K. De C. Ward. The observation of thunderstorms was taken as a special subject of investigation by the New England Meteorological Society in the years 1885-87, and this paper is a preliminary report on the investigation, to be eventually published by the Harvard College. The storms were most frequent between May and August, and between 5h. and 7h. p.m. The average rate of movement throughout the year was 35 miles an hour. The influence of the tides on the direction of the storms is said to be brought out in several reports.—The storm of March 1–4, 1892, by J. Warren Smith. This storm was so severe in the New England States, and the snowfall and drift so heavy, as to cause in many places the cessation of all outside business; trains were blocked, and much damage done to shipping from the violence of the wind.

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