Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-08-06
WEATHER FORECASTS.

My last letter gave forecasts Of the
storm wave due to cross the continent
from the Pacific to the Atlantic from the
Gath to 2Sth The next will be due to
leave the Pacific coast about the 29th,
cross the Rocky Allegheny from Both to
August and reach the Atlantic coast
about the End. This storm will proba-
bly, develop no speciol features beyond
what may be expected from the fact that
we have now fairly entered the great
storm period of 1912 and therefore all
storm waves win possess more than av-
erage energy. Rains will not be so gen
eral but will incline toward heavy rain
falls in limited localities and local
drouths in other places. A larger corn
crop is assured in the corn belt of the
Mississippi valley but the cotton crop
has some serious difficulties yet to con-
tend with yet. Farmers should manage
their crops so as to crib their corn early
for otherwise they will lose much of it
by 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 through
the winter, and with sudden changes
and storms that will be of great injury
to stock not carefully sheltered. The
cotton states will miss il il they count
on 100000 bales, and they should
push their cotton picking early in the
season. AS tornadoes are expected to
be frequent during the next three months
I will repeat that these tornadoes do not
occur on the regular storm wave dates.
They generally occur in advance of the
storm centers.
GLASSES IN METEoRoLoGY.
I will give special instructions in met
eorology to all persons who are subscrib-
ers to this paper, in which my weekly
letters are regularly published. 1t viii
be necessary for each person to have
copies of my published letters. To un-
derstand planetary meteorology, the as
tronomy of the solar system must be un-
derstood. The astronomy taught in our
schools takes the ecliptic, or the earth's
orbit, as the base from which TO calcu-
late and this is like beginning the study
of arithmetic in decimal fractions. ]
take the SUMS equator as the base from
which to calculate and by this means
the solar system and the relations of the
planets to each other are much better un-
derstood. Astronomy as taught in our
schools is adapted to surveying and
navigation but not to planetary meteor
ology. If individuals, clubs and societ.
les, that desire to study or discuss plane
tary meteorology, I will furnish dia.
grams once week and give special in.
stuctions which, with the letters publish.
ed in this paper, viii enable any one te
calculate future OF the weather from the
standpoint of planetary meteorology
Parties interested in this matter viii
please correspond with me. This viii
give to literary and scientific societies 1
new feature for their fall and wintel
meetings, and the expense will be 81
small that individuals may well AFFORD
to engage in the study alone.
WEATHER AND SCIENTIFIC NOTES.
Our cold winters are caused by tn
eastward oscillation of the North Allan
tic permanenent high barometer, there
fore when we have cold winters in th
Mississippi valley, the winters are warn
in Europe This North Atlantic hig
barometer controls the routes Of on
storm centers and the tropical hurricane
: and these control the cold waves. Whe
that high barometer swings eastwar
: our storm centers take southern route
: causing our cold winters and at the sam
: time that high barometer covers south
ern Europe, causing their storm center
: to take northern routes, and warm winter
ensue. To less extent this effects th
Q northeastern states and Canada in
Q similar manner, and this will cause thei
y coming winter to be less severe than wi
= be experienced in the Mississippi vale.
II A more complete knowledge OF the osci
lation of the North Atlantic permaner
). high barometer is indispensable to CO.
rect forecasts of the weather bureaus {
the United States and Europe shoul
give this matter careful attention. III "
had correct record of the weather ,
the Bermudas, the Azores, the West Ii
- dies and the Windward Islands and
70 ship signal station between the Betmud
and the Azores we would be in possessic
OF the means by which we could calcl
/. late the periods OF hurricanes and gi'
a. warning Of their approach. In order
- forecast cold waves the weather bures
n is looking toward the northwest when Il
as cause of these cold waves is to be -four
IN in the opposite direction. Cold wav
n and hurricanes are matters OF importan
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