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.)
 ST. JOSEPH Mo, March 30 My last bulletin gave forecasts of the storm wave to cross the continent from March 30th to April Sd aud the pext 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 8 few days previous to the storm wave dates and then drop in the tempera- ture that will send frosts far south ward. This cool wave, in places real cold wave, will keep the temperature below normal for a week following.
 Severe locai storms may be expected accompanying this storm wave and, making allowence for months progress toward summer, the weather will be very like tbat which occurred about and following March 10th.
 The warm 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 llth.
 During the period covered by this ssorm wave, including the cool wave, rainfall will be very light in the north ern states. More rain will fall Tn the southern states but will not be veil dis- 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 11th, the great central valleys 18th to the 14th spd 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 h, great cen- trsl valleys 18th and eastern states 17th.
 This storm wave will cause 8 more general distribution of rainfall and, taking the whole country, an increase m precipitation. The weather will average much cooler than in 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 and 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 rain. 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 l50 miles north of Salt Lake and Chicago, over south parts of Newfound- 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 peratures and raiufalls for April.