| Show iceland Is key 11 to weather forecasts reports jealously Gitar guarded ded by great britain CHICAGO united states occupation pation of iceland going to help the weatherman a bit despite the fact that the rocky island is the key point for long range forecasting for the entire north american coastline dr C G roseby assistant chief of research from the washington weather bureau points out that britain has been keeping reports from weather stations a jealously guarded secret since occupation cu of the island and britain would be foolhardy not to do so says the reason is simple icelandic reports would aid in plotting long range forecasts for eastern america but they are of vital importance for day to day european forecasts when I 1 worked for Sw edens weather bureau he said icelandic conditions were the first thing wed look for on the chart in making up our forecasts who will remain on leave of absence from his washington Vas hington post until september to serve as director of the university of Chi cagos new institute of meteorology is the leading exponent of the air mass theory forecasting in this country he believes that within the next 10 or 15 years the U S bureau will be able to extend accurate long range forecasting to 30 days or so long range forecasting he explained pla ined is concerned not with predicting each days weather but with assaying temperature and rainfall anomalies that will occur in each area the five day reports now are being used for agricultural and various j industrial purposes and eventually when these and other uses become more widespread man may become so adjusted to this long range forecasting that he will consider it a necessity |
