Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-23
FOSTERS WEATHER.
Forecasts for the Next Storm
Wave---lts Course.
WEATHER AND SCIENCE NOTES.
The Rain-AIakers-Mr. Foster Discusses
Their Methods and Gives Uncle
sam Friendly Tip About
What Should he Done.
Special TO the Gazette.

Special TO the Gazette.
ST JOSEPH, Mo. Aug 22-NIv last letter
gave forecasts of the storm wave due to cross
the continent from 22d 10 18th, and the next
will be due to leave the Pacific coast about
August y, cross the Rocky-AlleThCny val
ley from 18th 70 both. and reach the Attain
tic coast about the 3iSt. Very hot weather
will precede this storm wave, and severe
local storms may be expected Compare
lively, the weather will 0epuiet throughout
August, preparatory 10 the great storms TO
follow. The weather will average not dur
ing the last half of August and the first
half of September, after which a decided
change may be expected.
| Will repeat, that all should be prepared
for an early and hard winter, especially IN
all that country drained by the Mississippi
river and the Western great lakes. Those
who wish to save corn fodder viii need to
do so early. Late corn in the Northern corn
belt viii need TO be cut before it IS mature.
to save ii from early frost. / expect kill
ing frost in the northern edges of the corn
belt on September Il or Is. with a hll-
ity that frost viii do some damage on the
18th or Eth. Not much rainfall IS expected
from the storm wave of 21th to 3lSt, but
rather an increase Of the drouth areas.
Local rains will continue TO be of the cloud
burst nature.
WEATHER AND SCIENCE NOTES.
Continuing the discussion of The national
weather maps | must add that the weather
bureau does not recognize the fact that q
high and low barometer, constituting an
electric pair, often form within u low ba-
rome,er or storm center and in falling TO
recognize this fact both the forecasts and
the maps became deficient. Cloudbursts.
waterspouts and tOrnadOes are small low
barometers of great force and much lower
than the low barometer in which they are
formed. although they are usually far from
the center of the general low barometer.
They cause terrific Upspouts of atmosphere
and must be fed by spondingly high
barometer and downpour of atmosphere.
which often form within the general low
barometer The wealher-map artists fail
ing to recognize this important fact draw
their solars and isOtherns so as TO make it
appear that chaos relgnS where IN reality
is the most perfect order.
THE LAWMAKERS
Let US give them fair hearing. / hope
the press will not be so unfair with them
as it was with me hve or six years ago.
The first experiment by the rain-makers in
Texas was somewhat favorable to their
theories in that the experiment was per
formed where a drouth has been affecting
the country and in a climate that averages
only small rainfall But on the other
hand there were three storm waves due to
cross the Rocky-Allegheny valley from Au-
gust ) TO -, and their dates had been an
nounced in my letters and southern routes
predicted for them. Mercury passed its
greatest disturbing point on the 9th, and an
increased amount of foggy. cloudy weather
had been predicted. The moon passed its
greatest disturbing point on the 9Th, and
tie storm center that would be most
affected by those disturbances was due TO
pass east of the Rocky mountains on the
10th. The weather maps show that storm