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Show pt?g 4C Tigi1gnrrnrii. npin-"i- The Salt Late Tribune, Friday, November 1, 1978 yOU'RS RUN NM& By Reg. Smythe jini, 1 By Mell Momma Andy Capp "' A FEVER. VOU HAVE . .7 eee, momma, cf course' I y? IT NEVER CALL SHOULD THE DOCTOR ? V" A 2f-T- JI HOUR VIRUS t v By Chester Could Dick Tracy Blondie Urained never to accept By Cliio Young PEANUTS W KNOidTHAT G F80 OF WRS 0fIHTH BIS NOSE? U)Eli.,H JUST WALKED BY HERE fou-owE- LUCE P bya m.muxxEP 60'JTH : UOOT5T0CK CAMt FlNP HI5 OW, BOT HE FEEtS HE HAS 19 60 SO HE IdONT UfSETTHE EC0L06Y. SOSHMfYSSHOtlweHLHTHEW. Moon Mullins TH!5, IRTHATE RE SAY TALKING Ll TO FOOD FROM STRANGERS, CAN STONY RESIST THIS FRESH GROUND MEAT? CHUCK, By Ferd Johnson 7 YOU SOMEONE UH0'5 BEEN HUONTHE HEAP WTHTOC MANYRY BALL Sl sat; jr- -r THEY WffE SOWS SOMEPLACE Have a Question? Ask Andy Weather Seems to Always Have Surprises in Store And set sends I complete f the World Book Encyclopedia to Brlen Hem, ,2, Cost! Mess, Cell!., for ins euestlon: What causes such different neether conditions? The weather seems to Insist surprising us with a change of events almost every day. Naturally we know that it does not have a mind of its cwn. Its behavior is governed by natural forces. These factors are so complex that it is not easy tc figure what causes each event. However, you can be sure that there are definite causes behind every change in temperature, every shower and snowfall, every breeze and windy storm. The most logical way to view the changeable weather is on a global scale. Its domain is the troposhere, the lowest layer of the atmosphere that reaches from ground level to from 5 to 11 miles above the earth. It is, of course, a mixture of gases and gases must obey their own peculiar set of rules. Their behavior is governed by outside factors, including tem on perature, moisture and gravity. These are the main factors that set the airy gases in and motion govern their changeable behavior. Temperature Acts Rising temperatures cause air to spread out and rise, cooling itself as it expands. Cold air tends to become denser and heavier. Warm air can hold more evaporated water vapor and as it cools it must shed its surplus moisture as rain, dew or snow. A mass of warm air is a light pocket and cool, denser air tends to blow in to balance its weight. The global troposphere is a changing patch-wor- k of different air masses damp and dry, warm f jl cooL The laws that govern the behavior of gases cause warfare between wreathery different air masses. Each conflict strives to adjust the weight, temperature and moisture in a local region. Meantime, the alternating seasons conspire with the earths shape, rotation and geography to keep chang ing the gcbal patchwork. The tropics get more solar heat than the poles. Cold heavy air masses above the polar regions start blowing toward the light, rising air above the equator. But the rotating earth deflects their paths into six prevailing wind belts around the globe. Winds Gather Moisture Geography stirs its finders into this basic pattern. Ocean winds gather moisture, especially when blowing over tropical seas. When winds meet mountain barriers, they must shed their moisture as they climb. On the other side, they are drier and the swoop down the slope makes them warmer. All these factorfs help to change the quality of local air masses. And when two opposing air masses meet, the conflict causes a weather event. Changing weather merely obeys the changing factors that keep the global troposphere in a constant state of turmoil. A mass of dense air tends to spread out and cause a wide spiral of calm, sunny weather. A pocket of warm light air tends to pull spiraling winds towards its center. This creates a circle of stormy weather, sometimes wild enough to be called a hurricane. Light and heavy air pockets tend to alternate and sweep around the globe by the prevailing winds. This is why the westerlies usually bring us a nationwide change in weather every few days. Smaller local changes are caused by such factors as mountains and switching sea breezes. yW j, Tumbleweeds r MR. SHERIFF, WONT YOU PLEASE LET MR. KNUCKLES HAVE HIS PEPUTY 003 PACK?! HE NEEPS IT! ANP YOU COULP USE SOME HELPT&QJ SMALL DOWN PAYMENT, NO PAYMENT BSE YOUR BANK CARO OR CHARGE ON OUR CONVENIENT TERMS. yi fJ in iw O 13284941) UNTIL FEB. 1, m ILdd 1971 M T.- - By Tom K. Ryan WHY, WHAT IF YOU WERE ALONE' ANP ACCIPENTAILY LOCKEP YOURSELFIN A CELL?! |
