Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-17
ON TO THE CLIMATE
Foster Predicts the comlae ~
April Cool Waves
HIS PREDICTIONS ARFvEaIFlfD
While Those Sent ous the Signal ouufdn
Bureaus Are Claimed 70 - vas~
liable and Unreliable.

bulletin gave forecasts Of the 60
wave 10 cross the continent April 1f-11
and the next viii be due 20 rea1n = 8
Pacific coast about April 30. cree ~
western mountains by the c1ooo
April u, the great central valleys A.
22-a4, and the eastern stxtes akon
April 25. Jnls storm will be a r.
principal foics April oS-s5, from o.
time il crosses the Nlssisslpps r.ser ~
IL has passed the meridian of Me-
YORK. The cool wave will cnoos ~
western mountains about April ~. f6s
great central valleys about ADIil -
and the eastern states sbout AMI ~
Besldss the regular STERN waves a.
cool waves. there will be aQmbee n
local showers aud Other chal,<<
throughout April, which hkse -
undertaken 10 forecast. Tue last f<<x
ular storm wave OF April viii - d1(
10 reach the Pacific coast sbolt Apr5<
20, cross the western mountains By 3<,o
Close of April ~. the great central vi,
leys April $3.50, and the eastern stafso
about May j. IL viii he at It's Creates
force while In the western nsouat4is,e-
The cool wave Will cross the Western
mountains about April -. toe great
central valleys about Nay /. and me
eastern states about May !.
Two Forecast systems
Two systems of weather forecasts aro
prominently belore ibe country, one
used by the weather bureau az NASH
ington and supported at an outlay q
about ssoo,0Vo every year. aud the
other. known as electro planetary mos
teoroiogy. by the principles OF winch
long range weather forecasts are pto
before tue country. The weathcR
bureau forecasts are sent out froo
TO sueh daily papers ss will PUBLISH
them, but are OF little Practical tcnefit
10 agricultural oomrsanitics. The
other forecasts are pabllshed once 3
week, are paid for br ibe pulisa pra2z.
ana through tive pres have = circuia.
ton every week OF nlafe than iuo nib
lion copies. Hundreds OF letters ara
coming 10 me at this time from every :
part OF the United States. warmly con-
graduating me on the success Of say
long range forecasts.
IL - oppoftune that copy frem tls<
Iowa Burlington Hawkeye the foliou<
ing leading editorial published in ID
issue of April 5. 1892, aud written n
It's editor IN chef.
~ oans ~ 70 - efft.
TheUnited States weather bureau
and the planetary meteorolog.st ar{
some " TAI a. odds a. the merits IT ga
two systems OF weather forecasts. Tax
former has At lis service sn sxt<rs;s.
system OF signal staoons from whs#
data forecasts are made With enk
facilities the govegnsDont weather g
vice. 1t Nigh; &c expected. oaxat -,
80. -.
The meteorologists ON the other hand.
have no facilities OF that character. tSsf
follows ng the lines of The known Avs
o. electricity and magnetism. and ae-
snming that each planet = q rnsgnnt->a
sort of celestial dynamo throwing on
electrical influences through space.
they reason thai certain changes IN the
atmospheric and electrical conditions
of each planet must occur when their
eQuatofs and poles are in certain rti1-
tive positions 10 each other. Ip1n
bases of this character, modified t<<
various meteorological conditions. th<y 4
figure out the character sBd pow<r,
and to some extent the locality. 81
storms and other weather pbeDoue0o
at gwen dates. This, IL they eau 90 ~
all, they can se well do weeks eD6'
months in advance rs easily as = dar,
because their estimates are based upouj
undispuiec astronomical 5atR. ~
would, OF course. be expected that IN
the present crude knowledge 81 the
electrical laws affecting the niaDc>n>
forecasts of the weather based uu0n{
such limited experience would necee-
sarilv be very inaccurate and uprel>o>
BILE. but ~ rapidly has been the rf1-i
gress made m tins study Ia the paet
quarter Of q century. that Il may ens&ly
he said the planetary mstcoroioEi611
make fewer mistakes than the tc,eos
tsts of the old school IN the Cnite1
states weather service.
Posters rredietiess Accurate
Foster, q meteorological well know
in the west. predicted thai the fnoste
of March wouid give the country mauk
severe storms, some OF ~hsch he saW
would be ''twisiers.' And such tbex
proved q be. hut the government sur&
vice raH tic people no warning Until
they bu 6 iron tbe country with START
ing fof... Nf. Foster put down thof
first three 81 car days OF April foo
more severe s1os 4, while the wesfboG
bureau at Wash ..ion. with all - ez(
raw of slensl Elalpns on the Nprt4
American contineDt, ssnt cot the tex
lowing forecasts saturday night an4
published IN The Hawkeye hnndaT
morning, April 3.
wtrHIserox, April s.-For Bnrliuc<
ton and vicinity I'll HoodoH
night. eighty warmer.
For lowa-Fssr til Monday ni4h11
slightly warmer: variable wiDfe.
For lilinols--Fsir till Monday, sil
ly warmer: south winds.