The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-10
FOSTERS FOpTo.ssss
THE GREAT WEATHER pns,.
rnEnlcnoss. s'arri
a Warm Wave Dne .....
die of the Month to \, :, NJ w,
by Cold one-pro,.. !. s'll'-,s
rows rAeorie. orldsi.. s''''

st. Joseph, Mo-, pAo.n,
s 'als 1893 by W. 7. Fos,,s, ',,c'r.
bulletin gave forecasts Of Il. ~, ~
to cross the continent from n som w,
TO H. and the next win rea,s S.ssHa:s
coast about the 18th. cros. = NE Puc..
mountains by close OF 18th, ,hs J. I've n''isr
,Ssl valleys from 18th to lsth ''. =. u
Eastern States about the is,h an "a
This disturbance wiz snAn. 4.
force in the western por,,o,.. :. Hinehg
Central valleys. ' 81 We sfs,
The warm wave viii cross N. :,
mountains about the 18th. a. :. w'stss
tral valley about the isth s'N U,
a cool wave OF mora ~.
! VIII cross The Western ,ac en usual Ion,
the lith, the great CentraIy 1nlalns ltos,
me 5 Stn' and the Eastern s ia,,ni lsssi
WEATHER FORECAST,
Professor Bigelow OF the Nsa.s
ther bureau claims thai the su ,,s I. W.
body and that, radiatlng from NH. I .i
the sun spots are most nur,.. ss' sAs'i
neuc forces reach our int NJ
feet the earth's atmosnssra pace aa4 4.
from three directions. peTodic1t
one OF these forces con.. !. i
from AooYe, or VERTICALLY ses, ~ GfA
the direction in which the a. s- -. nv
its orbit and the other in SIN haloysi b
from the sun. Tho vertical teaassnt l1s
come 20 the earth directly frnn, ~ ~ g u.
eel,p tRln' angles from the plane s y = y
70 make this more plain ~. n.o,
a nat surface extends oiit ~ WI ~. svppoa
sun Ihat 10 what Is called IL. w. slta IL
the eclipuc, As the earth's pi.ne {.
900 degrees to that plane tba lsalu
LoLcss IN question would NOT co,a 'sAtsssa,
straight toward the center n, Sy wv oesi
put slanting 2.S5 degrees OF fros .oe safA
rae,i,ys onertoufth OF the distance fro.gs ~. y
reetiy overhead 10 the horisnns npl q
me force that comes fron Il.
orbit or path around the sun vs a,S s1,Iuli
rectlon as regards the earth AZ y, .sia N y
" y lile II ana december II th4 W.
would come from the Western bers.S leiu.
Mafch II from 23.5 degrees son,h " q
! zenith and December Il from a a Y. 4
tbas "a f 9s the zenith and varying bssss
To understand this idea 49, -.
constantly IN mind the ilrectlon,H s'' Ks. ~
tne earth ts moving, and frnrn M ~ Ay Wy,
earth. 'N9 sVines y "
the, third force varies In drects, !.
2d.o degrees north to 235 ierrs.ss s IN. NJ
oWins 70 the position Of the IN 49, PA
~ tue eartn, summer and winter nsu
HIt tne three magnetic forces h 49,
i'rotessor lsigelow ascribes ali tta ~ s y.
in our weather. ~ $3.50
He further claims that these th,.a -.
neuc forces pulsate, or throb. Nr ~ s...
n z6.hS days, and this latter rers s' 4,
pelleves 10 be the time occupied /, N
sun IN making one synodic reyoIu,Ss =
It's axis. ~ synodic is meant iii A.
same part of the sun rotates aroma W
comes 10 the same position relatige h n,
earth which Is nearly eqtI1l 10 oss ~
one-twelfth rotations OF the gun \. +.
axis, because the earth is naoYins \ 4.
same direction In which the snn r6,si,s
Starting with the principal one ol ass
pulsations, II Is claimed that The aS,i
a minor influence. occurs, not II ",
days, but within the third day; all
the sixth, eleventh, thirteenth seysnt..1
and twenty-sixth days. This twentylsrr
day liz the same as the starting poh.
first disturbance, and he distif.asai
are repeated on the third sixth ETC. til
The starting point for these ca,crlsi:,.
Il June l2.22. 1881, and fol 1891 IL viii !.
January 1872; that will be about TIE nrs
as $ p. m. Of January S Professor ~
low is intensely aclentlic, and / MpNA
he uses astronomical time which ttrH
at noon, or at the end OK the twelili FAX
OF the csvil day.
Taking the above as the starting rd',
for january. the magnetic or stqfn d.
turbances would occur on January 4 /!
IA, 10, %, and February 4 This laa iii
is at the very beginning Of the III III
Immediately following IL noon d tig
day.
There are three million people b b
United States who regularly rUts.fe y
weather bulletins through the public r,as
and OF these there are many tioislf't
questions. Let Professor RlgeioWs NY
ries have a fair hearing, and tllst ~
may ! have carefully interpreted BIS M
scientific terms.
But there IS one thing lacking n +,
system; he falls to indicate wheii Y
atmospheric disturbances are 70 besin X
has given the time but mol the pse- Il
these ATTITUDES the atmospheric qNEs
ances move across the continent u w
or five days and around the earth z w,
ty-three 10 twenty-nlne dAyE Ne,sl N.
we must know the starting place q Y
turbances as well as the starting lHs
OF all practical results will pe lest ~.
Professor BiRelow acknowledges "
difficulty, Ills disturbance dates are WI
close to those that I have used tQl sf.s
cen years. but l have starting place. Z,
well as starting times, "opens hs 49,, ~,
call them. The storms that lnoHs lpi.s ~
these ATTITUDES start from the benI'lk ~ n
perpetual barometer about ui!ie ~, w,
fore they reach the middle q inls e,a.s
nent and the storms Of Norfnsln . nu'a,
and Northern Asia emerge IN llks ~ 'a 49,
from the perpetual low pafofis'e'
center Is near Iceland.