Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1913 — Foretell Coming Weather. [ARTICLE]

Foretell Coming Weather.

Long range weather forecasting appears to be gaining credence, little by little, with the progress of meteorology. The last annual report of the Dutch East Indian meteorological serv. ice mentions the fact that of the strength and weather characteristics of the easterly monsoon are now issued at Batavia bach April. Official monsooon forecasts have been regularly made tn British India for many years. In the United States weather bureau Sunday forecasts for a-weete-in advance have become an established institution. In all these cases the forecasts deal with only the broader features of the weather over wide areas.