Telegram-herald., 1891-09-06
DATES OF STORM WAVES
1 TERRIFIC STORM u SEW ENGLAND


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St. Joseph, Mo-, Sept. 5.-My last Let
ter gave forecasts OF the storm wave
due to cross the continens from Sep
tembsr 81 20 9Th. and the next viii
be due to leave the Pacific coast about
the sth cross the Rocky-Aiiegheuy val-
ley from 9th 20 11th and reach Allan
tie coast about the 18th. The impor-
tant feature OF this storm wave will
be the radical change it will bring
from summers warm To falls cool
weather. Proceeding this storm wave
the weather will be quite warm
and following it quite cool,
with frosts in many northern local.
ttieA lie will probably develope tor
nadoes east of the Mississippi river
and hurricanes Ia the West Indias ana
In the East Indies The greatest force
Of the storms viii be developed all
around the earth about September
20. All that time there will be four
principal storm waves moving east
ward moth OF latitude 80. On this
continent the storm wave. will be In
the Eastern states on the Atlantic
coast. Following 1t another off the
the coast OF Oregon on the Northern
Pacific. A third will be near Japan and
a fourth In Central Europe. Earth
quake shocks may be expected at the
same time In earthquake countries
] expxct this disturbance to add fur
ther evidence that we are approach
ing period OF very great storms. The
rain period that comes about every
fifty-two days will come with this
storm wave. Not much increase In
the total rainfall In the United States.
but more general distribution OF
rainfall Three more storm waves SIM
liar to that described above. may be
expected during this month, and the
first OF these will be due to leave the
Pacific coast about September Il,
cross the Rocky Allegheny valley from
18th to 18th, and reach the Atlantic
coast about the 18th. On the 18th
u viii become n terrific storm on the
New England coast. while at the anne
time strong weather may be expected
In the Mississippi valley, with severe
local storms.
weather and Science Notes.
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ricance OF the Florida coast caused
a oold wave TO move from north OF
Montana toward Florida which total
ly disorganfzed a storm wave then
IN the Missouri valley. I had pre-
dicted an unusual number of these
tropical hurricanes for this year, but
Cor want OF a better record OF the
weather In the West Indies am not
~of IN e<1rc hn A,t
which these hurricanes will enter tho
Caribbean ana Mexican waters therefore
"a they never fail to disorganize the
weather ON the continent, my fore
casts will not hold good when one
of these tropical hurricanes appears
on the Atlantic. The recent West
India hurricane at Martinique occurred
as the high barometer was approach
ing the Mississippi valley from Mon
tana, and the hurricane made such
demands on this high barometer for
tts dowu-pour OF air that its force
was greatly increased, resulting IN
extensive frosts In the Northwestern
States. an unusual event for August.
The old school OF mete0rologists at
Warrington who have been operating
the weather bureau for twenty years
are % redded TO their old theories that
they cannot see the real cause of our
early fall and late spring frosts and
the cold waves OF winter. A few years
ago the weather bureau sent IN ex-
pert meteOrologist to Northwestern
station 70 observe and study these
cold waves. just as well have sent
him TO China. II he had gone to the
West Indies and gathered all the in
formation possible about these tropi-
cal storms. we would now have cor
rect Information on which to 70 .ecast
these cold waves and froste, anc great
progress could be made Ia lonp range
forecasts. The greatest BENEFITS de-
rived from the cold wave obeerX n who
was sent to Minnesota went 20 the
rain spectators OF Chicago an New
York. who are greatly interes ed in
gathering. at government expene, the
latest frost news about the We sther.
bureau OF agricultural meteoro-
jogy has been proposed for the pur-
pose oa perfecting system OF long
range forecasts. Only such forecasts
ran be OF any practical use to the
producers. The shipping interests and
the cereal specu1a tors reap about all
the benefits derived from the informa-
tion gathered and the forecasts made
by the weather bureau, aud In the
case OF the spectators Il amounts to
b tax on the producers for che benefit
Of the cereal speculators. Govern
ment maintains signal stations and
telegraph lines IN the extreme North
west which bring early reports Of
the coming frosts. cold waves and sud.
den changes and on that information
the grain speculators take advantage
Of the producers and shippers- Ter
hours notice OF a great frost n sus
ncseut for a Chicago or New York
city grain ringer to make q million
dollars when the country producers
and dealers ought to reap the benefit
Is does not require prophetic vision
10 80 that agricultural interests will
soon tire of paying an expense that d
used to take advantage OF them and
un1e<u the weather bureau can be
made useful tn agriculture the ttme
n not far away when II will fall to
obtain appropria tiona. Three plane
tnry msteoroloe<sts and . clerk ear
operate bureau OF agricultural
m~teorolowy as one-flftieth OF thu
expense OF the present weath
er bureau and such bureau
would soon perfect q svstem of Ions
Ysnge forecasts. including the SEASONS
frusts. cold waves. the various kinds
Of dpurvrsfve storms and oher changes
os ths weather. and the effects on tn
gvovtns <rope. The chief Of the bu
ran shouid tc elected bfennislIy by
the first session Of the lower house o
each Congress In order thst agricui
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