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Show The Weather l'ropbets. Washington, Dec. 17. Tho department of agriculture proposes to adopt au Improvement Improve-ment in tho weather bureau service. The predictions heretofore made were made ou observations at H a. in. , nnd were made for the twenty-four hours from the time the observation was taken. The proposed Improvement Im-provement consists in having the predictions predic-tions in each case cover the time until midnight mid-night the next day. When this takes effect, which will be on ihe lirst of January next tho predictions printed iu the morning papers pa-pers will appear early In the day In which they apply, while those iu the evening pa-pcrs pa-pcrs will be for tho day after. Tho public will be informed on' tho evening before of expected weather, and will be given an improved im-proved forecast nest morning if improve, im tit. is needed. By this plan the needs of the public will be mure fully met. |