Telegram-herald., 1891-06-28
STORM WAyESIN ROUTE
Weather Breeder Poster Keeps
Them Coming Right Along.
SOME WEATHER AND SCIENCE NOTES
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ST.. JOSEPH. Mo-, June 27.-My last
letter gave forecasts of the storm wave
due TO cross the continent from June
80 TO July 4. and the Hext will be due
10 leave the Pacific Coast about July 8,
cross the Roeky-Allegheny valley from
TIN 10 9th, and resc h the Atlantis Coast
about the 10th. The center Of this dis
turbance will enter the Pacific Coast
about the north line OF California,
reaching the fortieth degree of north
latitude in the middle of the continent
and pass into the Atlantic about the
latitude OF Maine. While it will be a
we'll developed storm center on the
continent, 1t will not reach is greatest
force until about tho 10th or llta,
when on the northwestern Atlantic
Coast. Preceding aud southeast OF the
storm center the weather Will be quite
warm aud following Il cold for the time
of the year. The general average of
the weather will be much cooler than
usual. The rainfall will not be general
from this storm wave, but will be noted
more for excessive rains in small areas,
doing some damage IN places by too
sudden rainfalls, while drying winds
Will injure other localities.
Weather and Science Sotes-
Although l try to use the plainest
| OF language and 10 convey my ideas by
| explicit terms, yet | am often misun-
| der-tood. | sometimes use term Ike
| -. Louis meridian. meaning. of course,
| q line drawn from north TO south across
tine continent through that city, but my
| readers often take this TO mean that the
storm will strike that city. No fair con-
struction OF language can give any such
/ construction to the term which is
| used only to indicate the progress of the
| storm wave eastward. | usually deslg-
nate whether the storm center will take
northern, southern or middle route,
but readers should not forget that n
! meridian extends entirely across the
| United States, north and south.
Many persons also misunderstood the
| word STORM" A storm IS any kind OF
| weather disturbance IN which may
occur rain, hail, snow, wind or electric
| displays. A storm IS not necessarily
destructive. 1t may be an ordinary rain
! storm, hail storm, wind storm, electric
storm, snow storm or thunder storm.
When predict any kind OF destruc-
tive storm it will be In such language as
will not be misunderstood.
BY "stOrm wave" is meant that gen.
eral weather disturbance that regularly
crosses the continent from west to east,
the effects Of which are in succession
the clearest weather Of the period fol.
lowed by a change of wind to some
eastern point of the compass, then
" rmer weather followed by the cloud
belt with precipitation, not necessarily
general, but in spots throughout the
storm center, then change of wind tC
some western point, bringing cooler
and clearer weather. 1t takes all these
changes OF weather to constitute what
term the storm wave.
/ often use another term
The Storm Center.
This has reference to the low barome
ter of the storm wave. 1t IS the key tC
all weather changes and requires from
one to two days to pass any given
point, and about five days to cross tn.
continent from the Pacific to the At
lant,c coast. At all points north of thi;
storm center the weather will be COO
and at sill points south it will be warm
| NY ciioItS are W give Tic udtcS VI
which these storm waves and storm
ceuters Will pass certain meridians OF
portions of the country, whether the,
will take northern, southern or middle
routes. and more especially whethel
they will he Of great or moderate force
Another important and usually success
gul effort is 10 Indicate the periods Of
heavy rams, such as occurred durint
the fret ten days OF June. l will give
the next heavy rain period in my mex
letter.
Readers of these forecasts should par
ticularly note the storms of June, TO
those to follow for the next twelv,
months will he of like but very muct
greater force. w. L. FOSTER.