Wind and Weather

By Alexander McAdie

The Harvard Professor and Meteorologist Alexander McAdie is the author of the novel "Wind and Weather". He gives brief sketches about the different types of winds blowing in the western hemisphere interspersing his scientific information with anecdotes from Roman and Greek mythology. McAdie explains the formation of such phenomena as the Sea breeze, the cyclone and other types of wind, as well as their correlation with altitude, the rain and the sun, among other topics.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 18, 2019
• ISBN: 4064066158156

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Alexander McAdie

Wind and Weather

Published by Good Press, 2022

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EAN 4064066158156

Table of Contents

THE TOWER OF THE WINDS

THE NAMES OF THE WINDS

FORECASTING THE WEATHER

THE WEATHER MAP

THE LOW

THE TRUE AIR FLOW

LIMITATIONS OF MAP

OCEAN STORMS

TRANSCONTINENTAL STORMS

HURRICANES

STORM RENDEZVOUS

STORM PATHS

STAGNANT HIGHS

LAWS OF FORECASTING

WIND AND ALTITUDE

WIND AND RAIN

DURATION OF WIND

THE WINDS OF A YEAR

THE SEA BREEZE

MUGGY DAYS

CASTILIAN DAYS

THE TOWER OF THE WINDS

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In Athens on the north side and near the base of the hill on which the upper city—the Acropolis—is built, there is a small temple still standing, altho its walls were completed twenty-two centuries ago. It is known as the Tower of the Winds; but as a matter of fact, the citizens of Athens used it to tell the hour of the day and the seasonal position of the sun. It was a public timepiece. It served as a huge sun dial. Water from a spring on the hillside filled the basins of a water clock in the basement of the Tower. And so, whether the day was clear or cloudy the measure of the outflow of water indicated the time elapsed. Also there were markings or dials on each of the eight walls of the temple, and the position of the shadow of a marker indicated the seasonal advance or retreat of the sun as it moved north from the time of the winter solstice and then south after the summer solstice.

The sun is not an accurate time keeper and no one to-day runs his business or