The Red Cloud chief., 1895-03-22
weather Bulletin.
copyrighted. 1895, Ivy W T. Foster.l

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Mar. 23-My
last bulletin gave forecasts of the
storm wave to cross the continent
from March - to % and the next
will reach the Pacific coast about the
29th, cross the western mountain
country by clo.e of 30th, the great
central valleys from 3lst to April I'd
and the eastern states about the Sd.
This disturbance will occur during
a cold period and the week will aver
age below the normal, the warm wave
going above and the cool waves con-
siderably below normal.
A few places will have fair rains
from this disturbance, but generally
the rainfall will be deficient and signs
of an approaching drouth will be ap-
parent.
The warm wave will cross the west
ern mountain country about 29th, the
great central valleys about 3lst, and
eastern states about Apr 2. Coil wave
will cross the western mountain coun-
try about 1st, great central valleys
Sd and eastern states 18th.
My next bulletin will contain a
long range forecast Of temperature
and rainfall for April covering var
ious sections Of the United States.
Uuder my new and imperfect calsula-
tons l began these long range fore
casts of temperature and rainfall for
December, 1894, and although some
errors have occurred the percentage
of forecasts as compared with those
lost is very encouraging.
The greatest difficulties l have te
contend with at this time is on &C
count of the very poor records in thu
arid districts east, the Rocky noun
tains and the west gulf states.
Another great fault with the wealth
, err records is that they are all reduced
5 to calendar month averages. Nature
. formed the weather periods and maj
formed the calendar months, and thu
:. two will not work together. Congress
!, should make an appropriation sufi
: cient to publish the daily records o
temperature and rain, tabulated, es
! pecially for places where records hav'
been kept more than forty years.
NATIONAL WEATHER BUREAU.
A number of assistant professor
. are employee in the national weathe
bureau among whom are Professor
!. Bigelow, Hazen, Dunwoody, Morril
: Glassford and Garriott. Each Q
these takes his turn at making for'
casts for a month and this schem
|. probably encourages a rivalry th'
e. brings out their best efforts.
to As to the theories Of these for
s. casters l am not much informed G,
x, cept 10 reference to Bigelow and IL
zen. The latter is an old member
:" the weather bureau, while Prof. Big
r low is comparatively new, having e
, tered that institution only a few yea
\ ago. Prof. Hazen is not the old Chi
signal officer who succeeded &c
Il Meyer in 1880 as head Of the wealth
y. kureau.
= Prof. Bigelow holds to the theo
that from the sun directly com
that which brings all our wealth
IS, changes. This sun force he hol
Re to be magnetism, and that for t
tn North American continent this for
takes effect through the magnet
- north pole, the center Of which is
Boothia island near 20 north and
west.
e He locates what he calls the 80
~ gin"-mean,ng by this the pla
by where the high and low baromet'
M originate, constituting u sto
wayes-at the crossing of ll5 w
. and 55 north.
This point is east of the Roc
mountains, east Of about the cen
it's of British Columbia, about 400 mi