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Show FREAKSFJKe, WEATHER. Warm Wlndkes Entire Change In ' Climatic Conditions. It Is no gf net ally known tlmli al cprtaln soasm of the jear it s warmer warm-er In Groonlantl than in Routhi-rn Ku rope. Anil tins occurs during the long sunless winter of the polar rcRion Tho cause whjch leads to it Is not unknown InOter countries. Tims In Swltzerlnntl ft, 'warm, dry wind, called tho foohm wind, at times blows down rrom tho snoW'Covered mountains in autumn and Jf winter, and sudtlonly molta and carries oft the snow, drying up tho atmosphere. In tho northwestern United States there Is n similar wind called tho Chinook Chi-nook wind. So In Greenland at Irregular Irregu-lar Intervals warm wind blows down from tho snovcoered Interior, bring-Ing bring-Ing an extensive thaw In January and February. vAsj a result we havo tho oxtraordlnnrjrfact that during eight consccutlvo fdays In No ember and December, 1S75, It wag warmer In Ja-cokshavn, Ja-cokshavn, Inlatitude CD degrees 20 minuted, thanin northern Italy. Up-ernavlk. Up-ernavlk. another town of Greenland, was, durlngMft- ot the time, wnrmer than tho B0uW;ot France. Montreal Herald. f |
