The Red Cloud chief., 1893-09-08
FORECASTS.
Furnished Expressly for The
Chief for Webster County.
copyrighted by W. T. Foster.1

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Sept. S.--My last
bulletin gave forecasts Of the storm
wave to cross the continent from Sep.
9Th to 18th, and the next will
reach the Pacific coast about the -,
across::the western mountains by close
Of the 18th, the great central valleys
from the 18th to 18th, and the eastern
states about the 18th.
This disturbance will be Of more
than average force, and will cause
severe Withstand heavy rains in limit.
ed areas as it passes eastward.
The warm wave will cross the west.
crn mountains about the 18th, the
great central valleys about the 18th,
and the eastern states about the 18th.
The cool wave will cross the west
ern mountains about the 10th, the
great central valleys about the 18th,
and the eastern states about the Goth,
HURRICANES.
The August West India hurricanes
seriously affect the weather on the
continent during August, causing
fluctuations Of temperature and, to
some extent, breaking up the periodic
changes 10 the weather. l am not
yet able to forecast, accurately, these
hurricanes, although I know about
the time to expect them. To miss
their dates q few days causes errors
in all the weather forecasts for about
the time they arc in the vicinity Of tho
West Indies, and as they move very
slowly, they sometimes interfere with
our weather for ten days at a time.
Very early frosts in the United
States are caused by West India hur.
ricanes, and the frost that occurred
along our northern borders about
August 2Sth, was caused by the hurri
canes that did so much damage along
the coast from Florida to New York.
Hurricanes throw immense guam.
titles Of atmosphere to g'cat elevations
and when the atmosphere rises in one
place, il must come down in another
The coming down that results from q
West India hurricane begins in the
upper Missouri river valleys, forming
an unusually large and high barome.
ter, in which the cool air pours down
from above.
Those high barometers are usually
about 1000 miles northwest Of the
hurricanes, and il viewed from one Of
the other planets, would appear as a
large dark spot; dark because the at
mosphere is more attenuated, thinner;
more expanded in a high barometer
than a low one, and the weather Is
clear.
As seen from outside Of our atmos-
phcre, this high barometer would have
a spiral motion, with the suns move.
ment, or with the movements of the
watch hands, while the hurricane
would appear to reverse all this. Its
whirl would be against tho sun, con
trary to the movement Of the watch
hands, and around the center the
weather would be cloudy or hazy.
At the top Of the hurricane the cleo
trio current hurries the clouds away
towrads the northwest where the mott
ture is decomposed and becomes trans
parent as it enters the top Of the hlgl
barometer. That moisture is carried
down to the Garth through tho spira
whirl Of the electric current, and il
deposited as q heavy dew or a hoa'
frost.
In my letters Of July 9Th aud 15tl
gave warning that August woult
bring most remarkable weather ant
very destructive storms. Over 1000
charts for that month were sent GU
to the readers Of these letters, warning
them Of destructive storms to folio,
August l4.h and oath. The storm
we're we'll timed, but took route NOR
to the south than was calculated.
July, August and September ar
the hurricane months, and altogethe
these storms constitute the most ia
teresting feature Of the weather
Millions of dollars worth Of propert.
aud hundreds of lives are lost aroun,
the gulf of MEXICO and along the A,
lantic coast by these dreadful storms