Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-21
BAD WEATHER.
Storms and Protracted Rain Spells for
the Last Days of October.
The Most Dangerous Tropical Hurricane Of
the Season Yet to Coms-storms
That Never Die.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Oct. 21.-The last
storm wave mentioned in my letters was
due to cross the Mississippi valley from
18th to 22d inst. moving west; aud the
next one will inaugurate an important
weather period which call the ffty-two-
day rain period. Every f1fty-two day
rain period returns which usually IN
creases the rainfall for ABOUT two weeks.
This rain period will probably cover the
time from October % to November 8 and
within that period will occur dangerous
storms all around the earth, including +,
perhaps, the most severe tropical hurri-
canes of the year. But 1 will give dates
folefkis storm in my next letter.
49, next principal storm wave will be
|dneto leave the Pacific coast about the
F24&, cross the Mississippi valley from
25th to the 9th and reach the Allan
20 coast about the 2Sth. 1t will be of
Very considerable force from the time it
crosses the Rocky mountains till it
reaches the Mississippi river, when the
force will diminish as the storm moves
eastward. My reasons for this is that
about the time the storm will be due in
the mountains and as the electrical forces
of the earth will be very active about
that time the storm will be at its best in
he West. Some heavy rainfalls are ex-
eoted from the southeast part of this
Storm and heavy SHOWS from the north
west part of it. AS it is crossing the
Atlantic ocean the last days of this
month it will probably increase in force
again as Venus will then be nearing its
equinootIsl which never fails to increase
the force of the storms.
AS in my next letter 1 expect to give
the dates for the most dangerous tropical
hurricane OF the year discussion of those
storms is timely. To my mind
lit is clear that the tropical hurricanes
are perpetual storms that never die.
They move in circle that appears to
have the AZore islands in its center.
Their circle is about the same as the
Atlantic ocean currents which move
northeast along onr Atlantic coasts,
south along the coast of Europe and
Africa, and west along the equator. l
believe there are several. of these burri-
canes that move in that circle, but when
none of the planets nor the moon are in
position to increase the earth's electric
forces, these hurricanes become almost
extinct as to their rotary force, but
they continue their forward movements,
which are always slow.
The perlheIian of these hurricans is in
the Gulf OF Mexico and there they de-
velop their greatest force. II is not their
forward motion that makes them dan
geIaus but their rotary movements. In
DN&fhey are of the nature of the tor
fS<p but have much greater diameter,
ni ALLY as much as 500 miles. I can
NBually determine about the date these
storms will develope their greatest force
but have not yet learned to calculate
their exact location and they may break
on the gulf coast u few DAYS earlier or
later than my forecasts indicate.
The hurricanes of the Pacific ocean
move in a similar manner and develop
their greatest force in the East Indies
about the time ours do in the West |
Indies. The fact that the great storms |
of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian |
oceans develop about the same time is a
that is proof, to some extent, |
that they have common aud general |
cause, and 1t is not unreasonable for us
to look for that cause to the electrical in |
fluences of the planets. The great |
Northern hurricane of October II and Is |
while the moon was crossing |
the earth IS equator. w. T. FOSTER.