Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-17
FOSTERS WEATHER.
A Storm of More than Ordinary
Force Due on the 18th.
A COOL WAVE WILL FOLLOW IT..
A Dissertation on Nature and the Move.
ments of Storms-Influences of the
Moon on the Planets-Cold
and Warm Winters.
lCopyrighted. 1s99. by W. n Foster.

| Copyrighted, 1892 by w. Il Foster.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March 11.-My last let.
ter gave forecasts of the storm wave due
to cross the continent from March to II
and II to Is, and the cool waves from tc
Il and Il to IS
The next storm wave viii be due to reach
| the Pacific coast about the 18th, cross the
| Western mountains by the close of the 18th
the great Central valleys from the 18th to
Goth, and the Eastern states 21st to 22d
| This will be disturbance of more than or
| binary force throughout its journey across
the continent, but it is not expected to be
| as fierce a storm as that of the 14th, and
storms of greater force will prevail, both
on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts on
March IS.
The Mississippi valleys greatest storm
| Of the month will be near the 14th, while
the most severe on the coasts will be about
| the 2Sth.
The cool wave following the STORM will
cross the western mountains about the
| 18th, the central valleys about the 21st and
the eastern states about the 23d.
NATURE AND MOVEMENTS OF STORMS.
Readers are so forgetful, that it is neces-
| Sary to dwell on some OF the most impor-
tant features of weather changes. Entirely
too many readers, who are much interested
| in the weather, mis- understand what is
meant when / specify the date on which a
storm wave is due. Nothing but the tariff
| and silver discussions can be more gener-
| ally misunderstood than the term 'storm
wave" and still there is no way for me to
avoid using it. No other term win supply
its place, and therefore, in order to under
stand my forecasts, the reader must under
stand what is meant by 'fstorm waye>n
1t does not necessarily imply storm, or
rain, or snow, or hail, or wind, but it may
most universally imply wind from the east,
warmer weather. wind changing to west
and cooler, in rotation as stated. The
storm wave may pass centrally over any
point and still the weather remain clear
throughout, but the warm wave, change of
wind and cool wave are sure to accompany.
almost every such storm wave.
OIf the storm wave passes by to the north,
the wind will change from east by way of
the south to the west and the cool wave
following it will not bring very great fall
in the temperature. If the storm wave
moves by to the south, the wind will change
from east to west by way of the north, and
a cold wave with low temperature will
follow.
When the conditions are favorable to
rain, the low barometer of the storm wave
nils up with clouds, except in its center,
which is usually very warm and partly
cloudy or clear.
When I expect rain, snow, wind or a
storm, say so in plain terms, but when only
portend any unusual event.
The discovery of the period of these
storm waves and the laws that govern their
movements, is the most important ever
made in reference to meteorology, and
gives promise of reliable, long-range fore
casts, especially if the system should be de-
veloped by government aid.
The cause of these storm waves is some
what of a mystery. My theory is that
they are caused by a circuit OF electricity
rising in the low barometer and coming
down in the high. The low being column
of rising air draws to it the clouds and
moisture that makes up the storm center.
The storm center is the low barometer,
which, with the high barometer, is called
the storm wave. The high barometer
pours cool air into the rear of the low and
it is often the case that rain does not occur
till the high barometer comes IN and the
snow storms always occur after the main
portion of the low has passed and as the
high, with its cool wave, comes in.
My forecasts are for the front part of the
storm wave. which often causes no rain,
but it may be known by the rising temporal
ture Herein is where the weather bureau
ought to be useful 1 can give the dates OF
the storm waves, but cannot always tell, so
far ahead, whether the precipitation will
occur in front, rear, north side or south
side Of the low or storm center. knowing
where the storm center is, and the condl-
tons surrounding it, the weather bureau
ought TO make few mistakes, but 1t makes
many, and its forecasts are of no use to
farmers, coal dealers, small dealers IN
products, etc.
These storm waves are strung around
the earth in these northern ATTITUDES like
string of beads. ard their movements cause
them to jostle up against each other like
cars when the engine suddenly puts on
brakes or makes sudden start These
joStlings Of the storm waves against each
other cause them to lose or gain as much as
a days. time, and therefore I do not pretend |
to forecast their time nearer than twenty
four hours.
When these storm waves are driven |
north by the influences of the moon or the |
planets, we have excessively hot weather |
and drouth, and when, for period of sew |
eral weeks, they are driven south by the |
same influences, we have cool seasons as |
we had in May, June and July, 1891.
Cold winters occur when the paths of the !
storms are south. as viii be the case next |
January Warm winters surely follow |
when the storm paths are far to the north. I
These storm waves do not move in per- /
feet circles around the geographical north /
pole, but around the magnetic north pole, |
which is about 40 degrees north and 90 |
west, or 20 degrees south of the geographic I
cal north pole, and northwest of HudSon's
bay. There is another magnetic north pole
IN Northern ASIA, around winch the STORMS
of that continent probably make semi
circle
Many of our storm waves cross Europe
and Asia, but some of them appear to pass
between the two north magnetic poles. |.
The tropical hurricanes appear TO move I
almost directly toward the geographical
north pole of the earth.
In order that they may better understand
by forecasts, hope that readers of these
letters will try to retain the above explana-
tons, and not confound the widely differing I
terms, storm and storm wave "A