. The climate and weather of Baltimore . oo 1 CO o \, —-^^^—yp^^o-o m / 1 Fig. 120.—The Gulf Storm of January 7, 1905. and Southern Georgia. This combination of pressure along the Atlanticcoast always gives rise to northeasterly winds with a steady rain orsnow. At 8 a. m. of the Gth rain was falling in the South Atlanticstates and snow in the Middle Atlantic and Xew England states. Thesnow area also reached westward to the Ohio Valley and the Lake regionin connection with the development of a secondary depression over LakeMichigan. (See Figs. 118-121.) MARYLAND WEATHER SERVICE 371. o 372 THE C
. The climate and weather of Baltimore . oo 1 CO o \, —-^^^—yp^^o-o m / 1 Fig. 120.—The Gulf Storm of January 7, 1905. and Southern Georgia. This combination of pressure along the Atlanticcoast always gives rise to northeasterly winds with a steady rain orsnow. At 8 a. m. of the Gth rain was falling in the South Atlanticstates and snow in the Middle Atlantic and Xew England states. Thesnow area also reached westward to the Ohio Valley and the Lake regionin connection with the development of a secondary depression over LakeMichigan. (See Figs. 118-121.) MARYLAND WEATHER SERVICE 371. o 372 THE CLIMATE OF BALTIMORE After reaching the coast the storm took a sharp turn northward,increasing in intensity as it followed the coast line. The center passeddirectly over Baltimore at about 4 a. m. of the 7th with an abrupt changein the direction of the wind from south to northwest, and a fall intemperature. The winds were light to fresh during the progress of thestorm over Baltimore, only exceeding 20 miles per hour for a shorttime between 3 p. m. and 4 p. m. By the morning of the 8th the centerhad passed northward to the Lower St. Lawrence Kiver. The temperature rose rapidly 20° to 40° along the Atlantic coastin advance of the center of the storm, but fell more slowly after thecenter had passed, as the high area of the Eocky Mountain region wasadvancing but slowly eastward behind the storm. Heavy rains markedthe spread of the storm in its eastern half all along the Atlantic coast;rains of one to two inches in 24 hours were reported from many of theWeather Bureau stations.
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