Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-08
WEATHER BULLETIN.
STORM ronncAsT As GIVEN III w
y. FOSTER.
The Southern states Are Promise"
colder weather rhan ururi
During the Present Month.

st. Joseph, Mo, Dec. 7.--Copyrighteu'
1896, by W. n. Foster)--My last Dui'e-
Tin gave forecasts OF the storm wave
TO cross the continent from the iOth 10
the 18th, and the next will reach the
pacInc const about the 18th. cross the
west OF Rockies country BY close OF
18th. great central valleys from i'th
TO 18th. Eastern states goth
This disturbance will strike the IA
cinc coast further south than usual
and its path will lie through the south
ern states, causing colder weather than
the average for the month.
Most OF the precipitation from this
disturbance will be In the form OF snow
and sieet and the rnow line VIII reach
unusually far South.
The warm wave will cross the west
of Rockies country about the ION,
great central valleys lith. Eastern
states 18th cool wave Will cross the
west OF Rockies country about tho
18th, great central valleys goth, Eastern
states 2gd Ten days or more Of CON
tlnued cold weather viii follow TINS
cold wave.
The total forecasts Of rainfall for
eight months March to october, 1879,
inclusive, u compared with the hctuhl
amount OF rain for thoSe months 70
ycala the most wonderful yvrlilcutlon
OF rainfall forecasts ever made, ana n
Few facts connected with the calculn-
tions Tint have yielded these remnrk-
able results Will certainly make inter
eatlng reading for all who nave a caro-
for the crop weather OF 1885 ana 'oun'
ing years.
By "a competent assistant have nearly
completed perpetual weather tables lor
The sun. moon. Venus Mercury. Mars
Jupiter Saturn and Uranus. giving The
influence of each Of these bodies on
the rniufall aud temperature NJ each
locality. Also their Influence as To-
storms earthquakes nuroras, electric
storms tides. etc, This discussion,
however has reference only 20 rainfall
and temperature. The tables for tenn
peraturc are not complete for March !
10 April 10 and September 10 october
10, and no tuolcs have yet been made
for Neptune, otherwiHo they nrc com-
plctc for limited number Of places.
Having the influence OF each Of these
eight grent bodies on the ctrth'a toln-
per1ture and rainfall Tor u gwen
month, I add the plus and minus re-
sulta and take the balance az tho fore
casts for that month.
The figures thus obtained are moi DE-
Rrees " temperature nor Inches ~
rain, but indicate whether the temprrn-
ture and rainfall viii he normal, nhuNH
normal below normal aud NhNpt how
much
In order 20 find how ru th" de-
pnrturc from the normal Va hv I use
u scale Of ten above nud ten below
using all the figures NJ up 10 10
above and from I down to ~ below.
The weather tables ~ n sun, moon
and each NJ the plGrrt' Contain these
figures which nr. derived from the
actual results OF rainfall ftnd trmprru-
ture caused by the moot 80 planet ts
shown In the weather records of the
past 100 years,
with the above partial g Wunnunn
give below the Accumulated rhufnn
forecasts fur eight munthH. Nu"'h tu
October inclusive Tor a fev D.. the To-.
Calltlrs Tho hi~t column 's The fore
cast and the letter Il placed hrturc the
nEure indicates TINT the forecasts were
TAR below normal rainfall the figure
Indicating a little helnw nud 10 worry
dry. The letter "a" before the figure
indicates n forecast for nbuvr normal
In the second column " the actual
deficiency or excess ~ rainfall In Inches
above or below normal the letter IN
indicating minus and ~ plus The
amount OF rainfall In obtained from the
national weather bureau records