The Red Cloud chief., 1893-08-11
FORECASTS.
Furnished Expressly for The
Chief for Webster County.
copyrighted by W. 7. Foster.l

Copyrighted by W. T. Foster.l
ST.. JOSEPH, No., August l2.-My
last bulletin gave forecasts Of the
storm q to cross the continent
from August 10th to l4th, and the
next will reach the Pacific coast about
the 18th, cross the western mountains
by close Of 10th, the great central
valleys from 18th to 10th, and the
eastern states about the Goth. This
disturbance will be quite severe west
Of the Mississippi.
The fifth storm wave Of the month
will reach the Pacific coast about the
goth, cross tho western mountains by
the close Of tho 2lst, the great GEN.
trail valleys from 22d to 24th, and
the eastern states about the 25th.
The storm will be preceded by very
high temperature, and drouth districts
will reach their worst periods. Up to
this storm drouth conditions will be on
the increase in the drouth. districts,
aud following It drouth conditions
will decrease. The rain belt is ex.
expected to move southwark after the
24th.
Warm waves ore expected to cross
the western mountains about the 18th
and goth, the great central valleys
about the 18th and 22d, and the cast
ern states about 10Th and Gath. Cool
waves arc expected in the western
mountains about the 18th and 23d,
the great central valleys about the
goth and 25th, and the eastern states
22d and 9th.
I regard August Gath as the turn.
ing point which will bring weather
during the next year which will be
widely differing from what the our
, try has experienced during the past
, two years. Those who send me let
ters of inquiry should always incloss
3 stamps.
SUN AND EARTH.
As our earth continues nearly over
the suns equator, VIC cannot see the
suns poles. The heavens arc marked
, of, for the convenience of astrono-
t mers, into $50 degrees, beginning
where the earth is, or opposite the
earth from the sun. on September
2lst. In ancient times, the year be.
. gan at that point. II we face the
south, these degrees run contrary to
the sun, or to the left, and the earth
and other planets move toward the
left, as the celestial degrees are mum.
bered.
:, On juno 4th, At 253 degrees, our
earth crosses the suns equator, and
the sun is moving nearly IN the direc.
Q ton Of where the earth is at that
8 time. About December 4th tho earth
again crosses the suns equator at %
!. degrees. Half way between these
! points, the earth Is north Of the suns
q equator seven and . quarter degrees
o about the 4th Of September, and
about the same distance south on the
4th of March.
y These seven and a quarter degrees
: appear to coyer so small a distance
IT that the earth seems to be practically
h over the suns equator all tho time,
y but the space is not so Insignificant
70 when We come to snalyze it. Seven
!; and q quarter degrees measured on
the suns body is about 54,S24 miles,
and our earth is that far north Of the
II suns equator in September, and so far
a south Of 1t in March.
The important thing to note, how
ever, is the distance tho earth is at
|" those points from the plane Of the
suns equator. | believe that a mag
nstio force moves straight out from
e, the sun over its equator, and that oul
fcarth passes through the center Of
that element on the 4th or 9th Of