AIRMEN'S WEATHER

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 154, 25 March 1919, Page 7

AIRMEN'S WEATHER

FORECASTS ALWAYS READY.

Aβ the need for more distant meteorological stations was felt, by 1916 weather reports were being regularly received from Spitsbergen to the North African coast and Cairo, and from Iceland and the Azores to Petrograd, Sobastopo , and Batum, said Colonel H. G. Lyons, Acting Director of the Meteorological Office., in a paper read to the Koyal Society oi Artb. For nviation, he added, it became necessary to take observations early, and 3 a.m. was chosen. Finally 1 a.m. was adopted, and a continuous 21 hours' forecasting sen-ice was established, the observing hours being 1 a.m., 7 a.m., 1 p.m., and G n The whole of the information, was of a highly confidential character, and tho enoiny began many wr raids irhich ho would not have thought of if he had had our information. Aviation, continued Oojonel Lyons, with its prospect of long-distance communication, had rendered necessary a readius - ment of meteorological relates *ittin tho Empire. Canada, South Afn™. Australia New Zealand. India, and Egjpl. and the Sudan all had their we meteorological services, which include networks of stations.