Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09

the northeastern Atlantic coast Preced-
ing and southeast Of the storm center the
weather will be quite warm and follow
ing ii 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 NOTES.
Although I try to use the plainest OF
language and to convey my ideas by ex-
plicit terms, yet am often misunder-
stood. I sometimes use term like st.
Louis meridian, meaning, of course, a
line drawn from north to south across
the continent through the 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. I usually designate
whether the storm center will take a
northern, southern or middle route, but
my readers should not forget that me-
ridian 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 dis
plays. A storm is not necessarily de.
structive. It may be an ordinary rain
storm, hail storm, wind storm, electric
storm, snow storm or thunder storm
When predict any kind of destructive
storm it will be in such language as viii
not be misunderstood.
By 'sstorm wave'' is meant that genera
weather disturbance that regularly
crosses the continent from west to east
the effects of which are in succession The
clearest weather of the period followed
by change of wind to some eastern
point of the compass, then warme
weather followed by the cloud belt will
precipitation, not necessarily general, bu
in spots throughout the storm center
then a change of wind to some western
point, bringing cooler and cleare
weather 1t takes all these changes o
weather to constitute what I term |
storm wave.
often use another term ''the storm
center" This has reference to the low
barometer of the storm wave. 1t is tn
key to all weather changes, and require
from one to two days to pass any givel
point, and about five days to cross tn
continent from the Pacific to the Atlanti
coast At all points north of this storm
| CSuU5I ul0 W6dkHC1 WILL NO SOSA9 uAA
all points south it will be warm.
My efforts are to give the dates o.
which these storm waves and storm cen
ters will pass certain meridians or por
tions of the country, whether they wi
pass certain meridians or portions Of th
country, whether they will take northern
southern or middle routes, and more es
pecially whether they will be of great c
moderate force. Another important, an
usually successful effort, is to indicat
the periods of heavy rains, such as OK
Cured during the first ten days of JUNE
7 will give the next heavy rain period j
} my next letter.
/ Readers of these forecasts should pa
} ticularly note the storms of June, TO
those to follow for the next twely
months will be of like, but very muc
. greater force. w. L. FOSTER.