Show I Selling Weather It was reported recently that a major telegraph company had offered offered offered of of- to sell private weather forecasts forecasts forecasts fore fore- casts ranging up to six months in advance for specified fees Expected Expected Expected Ex Ex- Ex- Ex buyers are farmers and other business men depending upon the weather to conduct their business I. I The weather service fees range up to a month for those who want all the trimmings There has been a controversy in recent years over the value of range long-range weather er forecasts now being offered for sale A spokesman for the United States Weather Veather Bureau recently said he believed the weather in the eastern half of the United States is affected by variable factors from day to day 1 As for predicting the weather veather six months in advance the issue has been debated hotly on both sides The leading range long-range forecasters forecasters forecasters fore fore- casters in the country assert that their forecasts are not guesswork and some of them have offered to prove their contentions by test pre pre- dictions The Weather Veather Bureau sells a thirty-day thirty forecast which is is issued issued issued is- is sued monthly bi-monthly for a year This This' only predicts conditions which will be abnormal in various areas For those who would do their own forecasting we suggest they obtain the observations of the U.S. U.S. U.S. U. U S. S Weather Veather Bureau for past years thereby arriving at an average condition condition condition con con- for various periods Then with a barometer a copy of the latest Weather Veather Bureau map which can be obtained from a nearby newspaper a hydrometer and a wind-direction wind indicator even the amateur can often read the signs in m the sky |