Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-31
FOSTERS WEATHER FORECASTS.
THE STORM FROM APRIL 4 TO S
WILL BE a coRKER.
WILL BE THREE OR FOUR
DAYS or SUMMER HEAT AND
THEN A DROP TO FROST TEN
PERATURE THAT WILL REACH
FAR soUTH-APRIL WEATHER.
ST. JOSEPH. MO. March 3

FAR SoUTH-APRIL WEATHER.
ST. JOSEPH, MO, March 30.
Copyright, 1895. by W. T. Foster).
My last bulletin gave forecasts of the
storm wave to cross the continent from
March so to April 3, and the next VIII
reach the Pacific coast about April A.
cross the Western mountain country
by close of 5th, the great Central val
leys 9Th TO sth and the Eastern states
about 9th.
This storm will bring remarkable eN-
tremes and radical changes In the
weather, Summer heat will prevail
! for few days previous to the storm
dates and then drop in the tempera-
ture that will send frosts far South
ward. This cool wave, in place 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 allowance for n months prog
ress toward summer, the weather Will
be very like that which occurred about
and following March 10.
The warm wave Will cross the West
ern mountain country about Attn
| of April, the great Central valS
| leys 9Th and the Eastern states
| the Western mountain country
about 18th. the great Central valleys 9th
and Eastern states 18th.
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 in the
| southern states, but Will not be we'll
| distributed and few localities will
have too much. many others not
enough rain.
The third storm wave of April will
reach the Pacific coast about 10th cross
the Western mountain country by close
of llth. the great Central valleys 18th
to 18th and the Eastern states 18th.
The warm wave will cross the West
ern mountain country about 10th, great
Ce1trll valleys 18th. Eastern states
l4th. The cool wave will cross the
Western mountain country about 18th,
great Central valleys 18th and Eastern
states nth
This storm wave will cause a more
gelaral distribution of rainfall and,
taking the whole country an increase
In 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 Eng
land states VIII average above normal
ana rainfall below. South Atlantic
states, temperature below and rainfall
about normal 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
ttttsa /
erase rain. West Gulf states and
lower Missouri valley, high tempera-
ture and dry. Upper Mississippi val
ley' average temperature and dry.
Upper Missouri valley and Red river
or the North high temperature and
ulE' North Pacific coast, temperature
and rainfall above. South Pacific coast
temperature and rainfall below
Ihe average path of the April lows,
or storm centers, enters the Pacific
coast at the mouth Of the Columbia
river, passes about 1850 miles north Of
SAT- Lake and Chicago, over south
parts OF Newfoundland Ireland and
England. During the first half of
coming April the paths of storm CEN
tiers VIII principally lie north and the
last half south of the average path
described above.
Following are about the normal tenn
peraturas and rainfalls for April.
New England, temperature 43.3. rain
80; South Atlantic, 61.4, 3.5; Ohio val
ley. $50. 3.5; East Gulf. GG.1, co; West
Gulf 6G9, 80; Upper Mississippi. 51.3
20; Upper Missouri, 4S4 20; Lower
Missouri, 5i.S. 80; east of Rockies,
arid, 5l.7, Is: North Pacific coast, AZ 4,
40; South Pacific coast $50. 20
PROF, HENRY ALLEN HAzlgN.
The above is the style in which the
weather bureaus principal wealth
er forecaster writes his name
ana as he Is prolific writer
on numerous subjects pertain-
ing to astrophysics. magnetism and
meteorology, the people should know
more about him. More particularly is
this true at this particular time he
cause he is preparing to make nm mn
precedented balloon voyage into the
upper atmosphere at the expense Of
Uncle Sam. VI
For many years Professor Veeder of
Lyons N. Y, has made speciality of
the relations existing between sun
spots, aurora and the weather. IA |
ms theory Professor IiaZen seriously,
objects, as. in fact, he appears TO object
10 everything of which he Is not mo
author ''' '"e
1t Is not meant herein to either sun
port PROFESSOR Needer's theory nor to |
oppose Professor Hazen's ideas, but
latter. VI 'he
OF sun spots as the cause OF storms
PROFESSOR Hazen says: "If a spot nrn-
duces cold wave one week or at one |
time 1t can never produce hot wave
AT any other time"
Ihat Is one of the most remarkable
statements that ever fell from the nor
OF so prominent a scientist, ana comm
from the oldest and possibly the ohlnsi
assistant professor of our Notinnoi
weather bureau, is worthy OF serjous
consideration. siious
Every school boy knows that alnost
universally warm waves, with uniis,,s
any nigh temperatures, precede cold
waves, and Professor Hazen's lanenaga
can only be construed to mean ne,
the warm wave must have one cause
ana me cold wave another. How ria
iculously absurd! f'u-
an agree that the moon causes bigb
tl9es, put does it not also cause low
tides? Every tyro knows thai tha
weather is continuously changing fron,
warmer to colder and colder TO worner
or from the high to the low harn,a
Sters' anu tne reverse. and must there
DC separate cause for each of thasae
must there be one cause for rain 90
another for snow2 If the snn bs @s
~ nc Atmosphere In one locality. causing