ELECTRONIC DEVICE
AIDS WEATHER
^FORECASTERS
Headquarters Alaskan Depart
ment—Development of an elec
trons device which enables wea
ther forecasters to plot the loca
tions of uistant storm centers
across thousands of miles of ocean
by detecting the static electricity
in thunderstrms, cloud masses, or
rainfall was announced by the
War Department.
Major General Harry C. Ingles,
Chief Signal Officer of the Army,
lifting secrecy restrictions which
heretofore have limited disclosure]
J^of information on this device, ex
plained that the “static direction
finder” has formed the basis for
a new field of meteorology known
as Spherics—a contraction of “at
mospherics.”
Spherics is based upon the prin-j
ciple that most atmospheric dis
utrbances are accompanied by at-1
mospheric electricity, commonly
referred to as static. When static
is detected from a distance, it may
be assumed to indicate the exist
ance of a storm. Thus meteorolo
gists are able to plot the locations
of storm over large areas without1
the necessity of making on-the
spot observations of the weather,
throughout those areas.
Since the science of weather'
forecasting necessitates keeping
track of the current weather over
wide areas, including oceans and
polar wastes where maintenance
of weather stations is difficult, the
provision of these data by a few
conveniently located spherics sta
tions may effect a significant in
crease in the accuracy of weather
forecasting throughout the world.
Four initial stations in an At
lantic Coast Network were located
at the Signal Corps laboratory
near Red Bank, New Jersey; the
| University of Florida at Gains
ville, Florida, the Island of Ber
muda and at St. Johns, Newfound
land. Additional spherics networks
were later established to cover the
Mediterranean Sea and the West
ern Pacific.
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Nome Directory :
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No. 140
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Thursday each month
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Phone Mein 40
oTd. COCHRAN
Attorney At Law
Phone Main 121
Nome, Alaska
IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
Room 1—Nevada Building
Nome, Alaska
Seattle Office:
801 Lowman Building
Telephone EL. 6396
Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinitv
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Compiled by the United States
Weather Bureau, Nome, Alaska.
Friday. January 11, 1946
Forecast Nome: Cloudy with
snow today and Saturday. Lowest
temperature Saturday morning 20,
highest temperature Saturday 30.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours 0.02
inches. Total precipitation this
month 0.07 inches.
Total snow fall this month 0.8
inches.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 20, lowest —4.
Maximum wind last 24 hours 20,
miles per hour from the northeast.
Sunrise at 9:28 a.m., sunset at
2:51 p.m. i
Comparative data:
Temperatures one year ago to
day: highest 15, lowest 1.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: Lowest —31 in
1934, highest 37 in 1942.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow —31 Clear
Point Hope —8 Clear
Shishmaref 1 Snow
Kotzebue 3 Cloudy
Gambell —2 Snow
Nome 20 Snow
Unalakleet 8 Cloudy
Bethel 20 Cloudy
McGrath 2 Cloudy
Ancrorage 15 Snow
Fairbanks 4 Cloudy
Juneau 31 Snow
Whitehorse 6 Cloudy
Ketchikan 35 Snow
Edmonton 7 Snow
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The man who longs for the peace and independence of a houseboat may find the answer to
his dream in the Navy s 56-foot LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized), says "Mechanix Illustrated."
Built of steel and inexpensive to run, the LCM is powered by twin diesel engines, is capable of
long cruises, draws only two feet nine inches of water and is easily beached for hull upkeep,
the magazine points out.
The diagram shows how ingeniously the LCM could be converted into a houseboat with a
garage for an amphibious jeep, ample sleeping quarters, dining room, galley, living room, engine
room and back sun porch.
LCMs, which may go for a fraction of their original cost on the surplus property auction block,
may also be the answer for a returning GI looking for a business of his own. "Mechanix Ills
trated" suggests the crafts can be converted into river cargo carriers, ferry boats, or floating ma
chine shops for repairing yacht engines.
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