Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-04-06
WET AND DRY.
Forecast of April weather.-Three Storms to cross the Continent
 Between the 4th and 18th.

(CoPYRIGHTED, 1895, BY W. T. Foster.l ST. JOSEPH Mo, March 30-My last bulletin gave forecasts of the storm wave to cross the continent from March Both to April Sd and the next will reach the Pacific coast about April 4th, cross the western mountain country by close of the 5tb, the great central valleys 9th to 9th and the eastern states about 9th. This storm will bring remarkable ex- tremes and radical changes in the weather. Summer heat will prevail for a few days previous to the storm wave dates and then a drop in the tempera- ture that will send frosts far south ward. This cool wave, in places 6 real cold wave, will keep the temperature below normal for a week following. Severe local storms may be expected accompanying this storm wave and, making sllowence for months progress toward summer, the weather will be very like that which occurred about and following March 10th.
 The warn wave will cross the western mountain country about 4th of April, the great central valleys 9th and the eastern states Sth. The cool wave will cross the western mountain country about 7th, the great central valleys 9th and eastern states Huh.
 During the period covered by this storm wave, including the cool wave, rainfall will be very light in the north ern states. More rain will fall ID the southern states but will not be well d S. tributed and few localities will have too much, many others not enough rain.
 The third storm wave of April will reach the Pacific coast about the 10th, cross the western mountain country by close of 1lth, tbe great central valleys
 l2th to the 14th snd the eastern states 18th.
 The warm wave will cross the western mountain country about 10th, great central valleys 12th, eastern states 14th. The cool wave will cross the western
 mountain country about 18th, great cen trsl valleys 18th and eastern states 17th. This storm wave will cause a more
 general distribution of rainfall and,
 taking the whole country, an increase
 ln precipitation. The weather will
 average much cooler than ID the first
 week of the month.
 APRIL WEATHER.
 My calculations for April weather are
 more complete on temperature than on
 rain. Temperature in the New England states will average above normal-end
 rainfall below. South Atlantic states
 temperature below and rain about nor
 nal. The mouth of the James river l
 make the dividing line between north and south Atlantic states
 The Ohio valley and upper and lower lakes low temperature and dry. East gulf states low temperature and average rsin. West gulf states and Lower Mis- sissippi valley high temperature and dry. Upper Mississippi valley average temperature and dry. Upper Missouri valley and Red River of the North high temperature and dry. North Pacific coast temperature and rainfall above. South Pacific coast temperature and rainfall below.
 The average path of the April lows, or storm centers, enters the Pacific coast at mouth of Columbia river, passes about 150 miles north of Salt Lake and Chicago, over south parts of NewfouDd- land, Ireland and England. During first half of coming April the paths of storm centers will principally lie north and the last half south of the average path described above.
 Following are about the normal tenn .,praturac a,d raipfollc for pril