meteorology

Direction of winds around low pressure regions in the southern(left) and northern(right) hemispheres.

I think this is he: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Park_Finley

John Park Finley (April 11, 1854 - November 24, 1943) was an American meteorologist and Army Signal Service officer who was the first person to study tornadoes intensively. He also wrote the first known book on the subject as well as many other manuals and booklets, collected vast climatological data, setup a nationwide weather observer network, started one of the first private weather enterprises, and opened an early aviation weather school.

Something very interesting! Rescue of Historical Ship Logbooks Clement Wragge (1892 – 1903) • Clement Wragge, known for his "mop of flaming red hair and explosive temper to match”, was the first person to produce weather forecasts in Australia. • 1887-1902: He was appointed Government Meteorologist in Queensland. • By 1893 Wragge had established 97 meteorological stations and 398 rain gauge stations throughout Queensland and in the Pacific region. • He was the first person to introduce the naming of storms and cyclones. His original idea was to name them after the names of ‘annoying’ politicians. • Wragge collected extracts of ship logbooks which have been archived at the National Archives in Brisbane. • I photographed more than 8,000 extracts which cover the period from 1892-1903 and most of them have been digitised as part of the Weather Detective project. Source: ensembles-eu.metoffice.gov.uk/C3S-DR/pages/workshop_mater...