Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-30
NEXT STORM WAVE.
Due to Leave the Pacific Coast
on July % Next.
NO ESPECIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
Our Mr.. Foster Gives Some Timely Tips to
Farmers and stock Raisers-Classes
in Meteorology-Wea and
Science Notes
Special to the Gazette.

ST. JOSEPH, MO. July % My IdSu letter
gave forecasts of the storm wave due to
cross the continent from the Pacific 10 the
Atlantic from the 24th to the 2Sth. The
next will be due to leave the Pacific coast
about the Goth. cross the Rocky Allegheny
valley from Both to August l, aud reach the
Atlantic coast about the ID This storm
will probably develop no special features
beyond what may be expected from the fact
that we now have fairly entered the great
storm period of 1892, and therefore all
storm waves Will possess more than aver
age energy. Rains viii not be so general,
but will incline toward heavy rainfalls in
limited localities and local drouths in other
places. \ large corn crop is assured in the
corn belt Of the Mississippi valley but the
cotton crop has some serious difficulties yet
to contend with. Farmers should manage
their work so as to crib their corn early, or
otherwise they will lose much of it by a
very early winter and great snow storms.
Farm stock will need unusual care very
early in the winter and the weather will
average very cold throughout the winter,
with sudden changes and storms that will
be of great injury to stock not carefully
sheltered. The cotton states will miss ii if
they count on 100000 bales. and they
should push their cotton picking early III
the season. AS tOrnadOes are expected to
be frequent during the next three months |
will repeat that these Tomatoes do not usu-
ally occur on the regular storm wave dates.
They generally occur in advance OF the
storm centerS.
CLASSES IN NEUROLOGY.
] will give special instructions in meteo-
rOlOgy to all persons who are subscribers to
this paper in which my weekly letters are
regularly published. 1t will be necessary
for each person have copies of my put
iSned letters. To understand planetary
meteOrology he astronomy of the solar syS-
ZEN must be understood. The astronomy
taught in our schools takes the ecliptic, or
the earth orbit. as the basis from which to
calculate and this is like BEGINNING the
study of arithmetic in decimal fractions. |
take the suns equator as the base from
which to calculate, and by this means the
solar system and the relations of the plan
cts to each other are much more easily I'M
derStood. Astronomy as taught in our
schools is adapted 10 surveying and naviga-
ton, but not 10 planetary meteorology. To
individuals. clubs and societies that desire
to study or discuss planetary meteOrolOgy /
VIII furnish diagrams once week and give
special instructions which, with the letters
published i'll this paper, will enable anyone
TO calculate the future of the weather. from
the standpoint of planetary meteolOlogy.
Parties interested in this matter will please
correspond with me. This will give 10 lit
crarr and scientific societies new feature
for their fall and winter meetings, and the
expense will be so small that individuals
may well afford TO engage in the study
alone.
WEATHER AND SCIENCE NOTES.
Our cold winters are caused by the east
ward oscillation of the North Atlantic per
manent high barometer theresOre when
we have cold winters in the Mississippi val
ley the winters are warm in Europe. This
North Atlantic high barometer controls the
routes of our storm Centers. and the trop-
i,.pi In +pal hea f,,ll
waves. When that high barometer swings
eastward our storm centers take southern
routes, causing our cold winters, and at
the same time th;A high barometer covers
Southern Europe. causing their storm cen
tiers to take northern routes, and warm
winters ensue. To less extent this eff |
fects the Northeastern states and Canada |
III q similar manner. and this viii cause |
their coming winter to be less severe than |
will be experienced in the Mississippi val |
ley. \ more complete knowledge of the |
oscillations of the North Atlantic permanent |
high barometer is indispensable TO correct |
forecasts of the weather on this continent |
and Europe, and the weather bureaus of |
the United States and Europe should give |
this matter careful attention. If we had u |
correct record of the weather of the Ber- |
mUdaS, the Azores, the West Indies and the |
Windward Islands and ship signal station |
between the Bermudas and the Azores we |
which we could calculate the periods of |
hurricans and give warning of their APP |
proach. In order TO forecast cold waves !
the weather bureau is looking toward the !
Northwest, where the cause of these cold !
waves is TO be found in the opposite direc
ton. Cold waves and hurricanes are mat
ters of great Importance to the United |
States and should have more practical i'll
YeStigatiOn by the weather bureau Such !
Investigations are too expensive for indie
pendent meteorologists to undertake. In |
this matter of the oscillations of the North |
Atlantic high barometer, Europe is as muuh
interested as is North America. and the ey-
pCnse should DE shared by both 4 correct
foreknowledge of cold and warm winters,
early springs, late and early frosts on both
continents and our tropical hurricanes de-
ponds on better knowledge of This North
Atlancic permanent high barometer. In
other respects the weather record is good,
but in this it is seriously deficient.
W. L. FOSTER.