Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 31, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday May 31, 1978 anytime 2698463 by Robert Jankiewicz Many people Are interested in weather. You Proba Bly talk to your spouse about it All the time. And we be had a lot of it lately. Today s column is dedicated to weather much of the information Courtesy of the Federal climatology service in Winnipeg. Q. Has there Ever been Snow in Winnipeg in june a. Snow in Winnipeg in june is not All that uncommon. We normally get a Trace of Snow in the form of visible Snow grains from a cumulus Cloud. This Cloud would not be As violent As the one that produced last thursday s storm. What is uncommon is what happened in june 1875, when 1.3 centimetres of Snow fell. Q. Does lightning hit air planes a flight a. Air planes have been hit in flight but lightning does t normally cause damage. In an All Metal air Craft the Crew is insulated from damage although trailing aerials should be brought inside so As not to cause damage to radio equipment. Pilots avoid thunderstorms More because of turbulence and violent winds than lightning. Q. Is a person Safe from lightning on the Balcony of a second floor apartment a. The Federal climatology service says you would t be in any particular danger because lightning tends to strike the highest Point around whether it be a Power transformer or the top of a building. All the same the service says it May not be a Good idea to stand around on your Balcony during an electrical storm. Q. What caused last thursday s storm a. Very warm unstable air travelling up Down and sideways from the Southwest was the main reason for the storm which was close to touching off a Tornado. Wind damage was caused by cold air Rushing to replace warm air that was rising rapidly into Cloud Thunder Heads. Those thunderhead were cumulonimbus Clouds. It is estimated that a severe thunderstorm like last thursday s has More Power than a nuclear bomb. Hail first starts As falling droplets of rain. If they Are Light enough they Are caught in an air up draft and will Rise above freezing level thundercloud often reach the the rain freezes and grows in size with each subsequent movement in an up draft. The Hail that fell last thursday was of the Cluster Type. Individual hailstones froze together to form Golf Ball sized beavers. Last thursday s storm produced 60.2 Milli metres of rain. Q. What is Ball lightning a. Ball lightning is the rarest and least understood form of lightning. It consists of a Reddish Luminous Ball in the order of one foot in diameter. It will fall to the ground to explode or can also travel along the ground exploding when it Bangs into an object. While hissing noises emanate from Ball lightning it May explode noisily or noiselessly. It usually lasts three to five seconds and is not considered dangerous. It has been produced in the Laboratory. Some scientists Don t be Lieve it exists but some reports of it have been from sources too reliable to discount. Pictures of Ball Light Ning also exist. Q. Is it True that lightning actually strikes from the ground up a. It May. A lightning Bolt moves from a charged object a Cloud loan object the ground with the opposite charge. The Channel the lightning will follow established at the Start of the discharge and this Channel is the path of least resistance from the charge source Cloud to the charge Centre that is the initial path of an electrical spark in a storm. A secondary Bolt of lightning May discharge from the ground up and it involves residual ions left in the air after the Leader lightning Bolt has passed. A ground to Cloud discharge is called a return Streamer. Q. How much variation is there Between tempera Tures at Portage and main and at the Airport a. The Airport is where the Federal climatology ser vice docs measuring but the temperature there is not always the same As at Portage and main. An Independent study done in november 1952, showed that the temperature at Portage and main was about six degrees warmer at one Point than at the Airport. Winds Are responsible for mixing up air to make temperatures Over a Broad area the same when there Little wind there is Little mixing and variation can occur. Q. What do the terms weather Waich weather warning and Tornado warning mean a. A weather watch indicates that severe weather could be forthcoming and although not a forecast it makes us aware of the possibility of damaging Hail Strong gusts of wind and heavy rain. It is issued usually five or six hours before a storm and should put people on the Lookout for weather warnings. A weather warn ing is the next step up. When it is issued there is evidence that damaging weather conditions including Hail Strong winds and heavy rain do exist. People should take precautions for their own safety when a weather warning is issued in their area. Weathermen Are Lucky to get a weather warning out an hour before a storm hits. If there is definite evidence of tornadoes then a Tornado warning is issued. Yon can Call the free press anytime with your questions. Just dial the letters an it i me. Call the free press a by a i me petition signatures similar9 Michael Mclntyre John Vanderstoel or. Allan Johnson Cabinet aide appointed to u of Winnipeg Post Toronto up a to Ronto newspaper says that a handwriting expert has con firmed that Many signatures on a petition for political Sta Tus by the nationalist party of Canada were signed by the same people. The party submitted the petition to obtain official status in Ontario to the commission on elec Tion contributions and expenses. A party May qualify for official status if the commis Sion accepts a petition signed by supporters. Arthur Wishart commis Sion chairman said he would not discuss the handwriting analyst s report until the petition has been dealt with by the commission. The Globe and mail says no charges would be Laid against the party for submit Ting the list. The similarity of names on the petition was noted by Wishart who said he wanted a written expert opinion to present to the commission. Wishart also said that Strong opposition to the party by such groups As the Canadian Council of christians and jews will cause problems for the commis Sion. Donald Andrews former head of the White Suprema or. Allan m. Johnson now with the provincial govern ment will become the University of Winnipeg s director of continuing education july 1. His appointment was one of three administrative changes announced tuesday by University president or. H. E. Duckworth. Johnson a graduate of the universities of Brandon Manitoba and Houston has held various teaching and administrative posts in schools in Winnipeg Ston Ewall and Ethiopia. He joined the provincial education department in 1973 and has been with the staff development and training Branch of the management committee of Cabinet since 1976. Appointed for a three year term Johnson succeeds or. Brian Bendor Samuel who will become chairman of the University s department of French. Or. Michael c. Mclntyre of the department of psychology will take up the Post of assistant Dean of arts and science budget and plan Ning for a five year period starting sept. 1. He succeeds or. Donald w. Kydon who will become Dean of arts and science on that Date. John Vanderstoel Dean of the University s collegiate will assume the additional Post of director of the univer sity s Bachelor of education program for a five year term beginning july 1. His predecessor or. Kenneth w. Arm Strong will return to teach ing in the mathematics department. Student stings trustee in spelling Bee Belleville ont. Up students at Belleville collegiate Institute taught school Board trustees a Les son monday defeating the elected representatives in an old fashioned spelling Bee. In a sudden death match after All but one contestant on each team had been eliminated trustee Eloise Burr and Kelly Patterson of Grade 13 were asked to spell labyrinth. Mrs. Burr was wrong the 17-year-old student was right and the match went to the school celebrating fiftieth birthday this week. The Challenge from the students earlier this month apparently put a scare into the trustees with the Hast carpenters apprenticeship contest Friday the Lith joint carpentry apprenticeship contest will be held 9 . Friday at the Polo Park mall. The contest is jointly sponsored by carpenters Union local 343, and the general contractors Section of the labor relations Council of the Winnipeg construction association. Each of six provincial finalists already selected will receive a project blueprint and material and will be required to Complete their building assignment within a time limit. They will be judged on skill and ability and will then write an examination on the Ory saturday morning. The Winner will be eligible to compete in an International Competition nov. 5 to 11 in Edmonton. Rent control exemptions buildings in Winnipeg and Brandon which received occupancy permits after oct. 1, 1973, will be exempt from provincial rent controls be ginning oct. 1 this year a spokesman for the Manitoba government s rent review Board said tuesday. Other exemptions include units where the rent is a month or More and those units vacated by tenants after sept 30 this year. The spokesman said a unit will be exempt from controls Only if the tenant vacates it voluntarily after sept 30 and if the landlord makes an application to have the unit exempted. Job vacancies Rise 2 per cent Ottawa up the average number of jobs Avail Able on a daily basis was for the three month period ending april 30. Of two per cent from the Previ Ous period. Statistics Canada reported tuesday. But compared with the same period a year ago the ramber of vacancies feel Jet per Cert or 4.709. Alberta is reported to have so Fejzi Scesa Tacawy rate. Ings county Board of Educa Tion said Board chairman Miriam Graham. Most of the trustees were All suddenly Busy this week she said adding that one trustee had even left the country. Boaters think summer a Holsclaw boat trailer protects your boat weight capacities from 100 to 4800 . For up to 25 foot boats. Rollers fenders wiring harnesses winches tires and rims transom tie Downs outboard motor supports plus a full line of . Parts and sup plies. 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