Show cable aids weather reports the completion of the submarine cable under construction between ice land and the shetland islands Is ex pecked to afford facilities tor a great extension 0 the area covered by the existing system ot weather prediction iceland in the winter time occupies about the center ot the atlantic low pressure or storm area and the ab sence ot telegraphic communication with that island hitherto has prevent ed the collection of information ot great value to meteorology by utilizing the iceland cable and the reports from the central physical observatory at st petersburg cover ing the vast stretch ol 01 siberia the united sta es weather bureau hopes hereafter to possess a knowledge ot the state of the atmosphere completely around the earth in the northern hem a tact of great importance in ong period weather forecasting |