Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-18
JUNE WEATHER.
TWO MORE SEVERE STORMS FOR
THIS MONTH.
Lieutenant Finley's Hot Air Theory of the
Cause of Tornadoes is Discussed
and Criticised.
Special to the Gazette.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, June l3-In my last
letter gave forecasts of the storm wave
due to cross the continent from the 18th to
the 18th, which then gave promise of being
the most destructive storm of the month
The next will be due to leave the Pacific
coast about the 18th, cross the Rocky
Allegheny valley from the 18th to 21st and
reach the Atlantic coast about the end. !
cannot say what this storm will amount to
except that ii belongs to a period of great
storms an its force will depend on the
Storm preceding it. Ii the storm from 18th
to the 18th proves to be of very great force
as expected, then the storm wave of 18th to
22nd will be the mildest storm of the month
But the stored up electrical energy may be
divided equally between two storms, in
which case each of them will be severe.
Following this last mentioned storm wave
another viii be due to leave the Pacific
coast about the 18th, cross the Rocky-Alle-
ghany valley from the Goth to the 2Sth and
reach the Atlantic coast about the goth.
+ This storm promises to be equal to any of
Sthe mopshand it viii spend its principal
fQreeeast of the Mississippi valley. 1t will
sfrobably develop tornadoes and cause con-
siderable rainfall with more cloudy and
foggy weather than usual for is June. This
storm will be of special interest to the
Eastern states, while moderate rains may
be expected from it in the South.
When we have experienced these June
storms we will be better able to determine
the nature of the weather in store for US
during the twelve months TO follow, for if
these June storms show an increased force
over the ordinary June weather, it will be
strong evidence in support of my forecasts
of a year of great storms. The equinox of
Saturn will only have begun to have its
influence IN June and will not reach its
maximum force till October, while the in
huence of Jupiter'S equinox Will not be felt
till after September Their combined in
fuence will be greatest in March, 1892.
With the close of the June storms the rain
belts in many places will change their loca-
tons, and where the rains have been Excess
sive they will generally become deficient
while III many places where rains have been
too light, they will largely increase. In
those localities where excessive rains have
fallen the effect of every storm wave has
been noted and the accuracy ofmy forecasts
has been appreciated, but when the rain
belts change localities the effects Of the
storm waves will not be so noticeable where
the rainfall becomes deficient, and this will
lead some to conclude that my forecasts
are less accurate. But if they will take a
broader view they will see that the storm
waves are just as regular as before and that
the change is only in the rain belts. Where
the weather has been dry and by the
change more rain occurs, then my forecasts
FINLEY ON ToRNADoEs, NO. 2.
In his book Lieut. Finley says: 1.-THE in
variable accompaniment of tornado is the
hail storm which precedes and succeeds its
first and last appearance" This statement
does not appear consistent with Mr.. Fin
ley's theory that heat is the cause of lorna
does, and to me it is just as reasonable that
heat causes these hail storms as to say that
it causes the force in the tornado. do not
deny that wiud-air in motion-is one Of
the forces of the storm, but do deny that
heated air is the cause of the winds great
velocity and power. On the other hand 1
affirm that electricity is the moving force
OF every wind current that belongs to an
organized storm, and that in some cases
electricity alone is the force, while wind,
alone can never attain to this great force.
Mr.. Finley says that heated air from every
direction ruSheS into the tornado's vorteXs
and then rises with such great rapidiLKg8d
force is to cause 4 suction with fofce SUPP
fcient to accomplish the wonderful things
recorded of tornadoes. If sufficient heat
rushes into the storm center from all direc-
tons to develop this wonderful force, would
not this heat prevent the formation Of these
hail storms which MIR Finley correctly de-
scribes as occurring all around the lorna
does2
Mr.. Finley also shows that one-half of
the tornadoes in the Northern states occur
IN April and May. Those are not hot
months in the Northern states, and the
changes from cold to warm are not more
rapid than in other parts of the year. Hot
winds and columns OF heated air are not
common in those localities during the
mentioned Then why should one
half of all the tornadoes OF the Northern
states occur in these months of only
average warmth, if hot air is the cause of
tornadoes2 Evidently the hot air Is absent
in this case, while, according to the cleo
trical theory, the earth having passed
its equinoctial electrical disturb
ance, breaking up its electrical equilib-
rum, the tornadoeS occur most frequently
while its electrical forces are rearranging
themselves during the two following
months.
rorty years ago the great Faraday said:
s'When we remember that the earth Itself
is magnet, pervaded in every part by this
mighty power, universal and strong as
granite itself, we cannot doubt that it is
exerting an appointed and essential influ-
ence on every particle of matter and in every
place wherein it is present. What its great
is seems to be looming Vi in the
behave us; the clouds Rch OBJ
a4 ISan not doubt that glorious dis
cevsSE jim natural knowledge is awaiting
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