Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-18
FOSTERS WEATHER.
Our Next Storm will be About
February Is.
A cool WAVE WILL FOLLOW IT.
What the Weather Prophet Has TO Say
About Electro AIeteOroiogy-On
the Verge OF a Great
Discovery.
;Icoprrtghted 1sge bv w. I. Foster.I

.lCopyrighted 1892 by W. 7. Foster.l
ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Feb. 12.-My last letter
gave forecasts of the storm wave due to
! cross the continent from 18th to 10th, and
the next Will be due to reach the Pacific
coast about the l6th, cross the western
mountains by the close OF the nth, the
great central valley from 18th 10 Goth and
the Eastern states about the 2lSt- This
storm will be most severe on the Pacific
coast about the same time the storm pre-
ceeing It is at its greatest force on the At
lautic coast, which Will be not far from the
10th.
The cool wave following this storm, with
clearing weather, will cross the Western
mountains about the 18th, the great central
valleys ABOUT the 2lSt and the Eastern
states about the 23d.
Several papers are copying my weather
forecasts without permission, and IN doing
so they are liable to ay damages in u
United States court. My weather fore
casts are copyrighted, and no paper has =
right to use Thorn without paying for them.
l do not belong to that class of individuals
who want to see their names in print for
the fun of it. My knowledge of electro
meteorology is my capital, and the publica-
tion of my writings is purely a matter Of
business. hope that hereafter no paper
will copy my forecasts from papers that
pay for them, for in order to protect my
own interests, it will be necessary for me
to see that the copyright laws are enforced.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
am rot able yet to avoid errors in my
weather forecasts. But very seldom err
as TO the dates on which the storm centers
and cool waves cross the continent My
mistakes are confined principally to the
force and latitude of these disturbances.
Even in these particulars very large per
Gems of the forecasts are verified.
have no disposition to eyade the re-
sponsibility of my mistakes, but rather
prefer to frankly state wherein the
principal difficulties lie. The responsible
ties of these mistakes must rest upon myself
and not on the system, for II the system OF
MISUNDERSTANDING was thoroughly under
stood, there would be no errors in weather
with the laws Of nature
As / have repeatedly stated, there are
four storm waves passing around the earth
from west to east between 80 and 60 degrees
of north latitude, making 10 degrees Of
north latitude an average center of their
paths around the earth.
The average distance of these storm
waves -apart-from west to east-is about
$500 miles. The high barometer-that
which gives US the cool wave and clearing
weather-follOws about 1850 miles behind
the low barometer. and these high ana low
barometers are strung around the earth
like string Of beads, and all moving east
ward.
We have made a success in finding the
dates on which these high or low barome-
IerS, or storm waves, will pass any given
meridian of longitude. That part Of the
system is a decided success.
II makes very greag difference in the
weather as to whether 4 storm center
passes south or north of a locality, and in
locating the latitude of a storm center mis-
takes are sometimes made. The storm
wave may be exactly on time as predicted,
but if it goes by on the south, cold weather
will follow, while if it goes by on the north,
warm weather will follow. Il few errors
are unavoidable at this time in locating the
latitude of the storm waves.
The most difficult matter to calculate is
the force of the storm. This is very i'm
portant, for the force of the storm has
much to do with the character Of the
weather
The electrical influences of the sun, moon
aud planets affect every part of the earth
at the same moment, but these influences
will minifeSJ themselves in one or al OF
the four storm waves that are moving
around the earth at 9bout $500 miles apart.
The difficulty lies in determining which Of
these four storm waves will be most
affected, and herein is where most of my
errors occur.
1t is not difficult to understand that the
planetary Influences are conveyed to the
storm centers through the earth's electric
currents, and if we fully understood the
laws that govern the magnetic forces Of tha
solar system, we would make no mistakes
in forecasting the location and force OF thu
storm centers and their influences on tins
weather.
In the latter part of January. 1 had cal.
eulated the electrical influences would
largely increase the force of the storms due
TO cross the continent from the 25th 20 the
29th of January The result, however. was
that the storm Trava TlfpCR7iuc- il pncgiVRI
almost the full force OF the electrical in
fuences, causing great storm in Western
Europe at the time we expected great
storm here.
An intelligent investigation viii satisfy
any reasonable mind that We are very near
to one Of the greatest discoveries Of modern
times. We know the dates or which the
storm waves will cross the continent, We
know. approximately, how to calculate the
latitude of these storm waves, we know the
dates on which these storm waves will
have greatest and least force. and the
greatest difficulty vet 10 surrnount is 10
know which of the four storm waves viii
be most affected by The planetary In
fuences.
Two thirds of the time l can succeed in
rightly determining this difficult problem,
but the other third is what stands in the
way OF complete success. know where to
look TO find the key 10 this difficult part OF
the weather problem, and have clearly in
Dictated this 20 my readers. i expect TO dis
cover the key aud then to avoid errors.
If make one mistake out of ten forecasts
certain class OF critics will ridlcule my
work Let them ridicule l know that the
system of electro-meteorology has the only
true basis. and that time, hope compar-
atiyely short time, will viDdicate it.
But readers of my work must not now
expect infallible forecasts, for the system is
not yet perfect. They should also remem-
Der that my own time and money, aided by
fifty daily newspapers, are working out
this great problem without assistance from
the general government