The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-05-12
WEATHER BULLETIN.
COPYRIGHTED, 1895, BY W. T, FOSTER

ST. JOSEPH, No, May 11,-My last
bulletin gave forecast of the storm
wave to cross the continent from
18th to 10Th and the next will reach
the Pacific coast about Goth, cross
the west of Rockies country by close
of 2lst, great central valleys 22d, to
24th and the eastern states 25th.
This disturbance will seem to
promise rain but will generally bring
disappointment and will make the
drouth more severe except in few
localities.
Warm wave will cross the west of
Rockies country about goth, the
great central valleys 22d and east
ern states Oath. Cool wave will
cross west of Rockies country about
23d, great central valleys 25th and
eastern states 9th
EBB AND FLOW OF SPRINGS.
Most people have noticed that be-
tore a storm springs often ovefow
to greater extent than usual.
Lakes also ebb and flow like the
ocean but not at the same time, not
from the same cause.
The great salt springs in Saline
country, Missouri the bottoms of
which have never been found, ebb
and flow irregularly, sometimes dis
charging larger volumes than at
other times.
Although these springs are very
salt no one suspects that they are
connected with the ocean and none
would claim that the ocean tides or
wet and dry weather could have
anything to do with the rise and
fall Of their waters.
In large portions of Texas the
rise of the waters are peculiar. H.
G, Smith says; "We are ], 900 feet
above Galveston, and drill through
limestone from 100 to 200 feet thick
where we reach water that rises
within five to eight feet of the sur
face, Some wells overflow.
"We are now having hot winds
froms the north and my wells have
fallen thirty feet in ten hours,
Cool from the same direction no not
effect our wells and winds from the
south bring the waters to normal
height in ten hours,
The fountains that feed the
springs and wells must be higher
than the latter and therefore the
ocean waters cannot effect them.
But what is the cause of these ebbs
and flows of lakes, springs and ar
tesian wells2
The high and low barometers are
the causes, The atmosphere in the
high weighs more than it does in
the lows and the former depresses
while the later lifts the water,
When the low barometer is APP
preaching, its center, far away
covers the lakes and other waters
that constitute the fountains from
which the springs and artesian wells
are fed
When the low barometer is over
these lakes and other fountains
their waters rise because the press
ure is less and this affects far away
springs and artesian wells causing
them to fall
When low barometer covers the
upper Mississippi valley and the
great lakes Texas has warm north
winds. At the same time the Ohio
valley will have warm south winds.
The water in Lake Superior will rise
and in the springs and artesian
wells of Texas, lower Mississippi and
Ohio valleys will fall,
AS this general low barometer
passes eastward the high barometer
takes its place over the great lakes
the winds in Texas continue from
northward but changes to'cool and
and the waters in the springs and
artesian wells begin to rise because
the air pressure of the country from
whence come the artesian and
spring water increases by seventy
pounds or more to the square foot
of surface.
In the Ohio valley and eastern
states the wind changes from south
to north, the weather cools and the
spring and artesian waters come
back to their normals.
Generally on the approach of my
storm wave dates the waters Of
lakes, springs and artesian wells
will be depressed and as the cool
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