Show to study effect of eclipse on june 8 when the moons shadow will pass diagonally across the united states state from washington to florida the weather bureau in connection with its investigations invest rations in solar radiation or amount of heat az received from the sun plans to take advantage of the unusually favorable opportunity to study the effect of an eclipse upon meteorological conditions special measurements of the intensity of solar olar rad tation will be made at three stations in nebraska idaho and oregon efforts will be made to obtain accurate observations of pressure temperature wind direction anc and velocity el oty and shadow bands at 49 stations within the belt where the sun will be 90 per cent eclipsed the data obtained are expected to be of importance in studies of the circulation of the atmosphere |