The Red Cloud chief., 1896-02-21
WEATHER FORECASTS.
Furnished Expressly for The
Red Cloud Chief.
tCopyriebted. 1886, by W. r. Foster.)

waves to cross the continent fro,
23d to 9Th ana the next will rcac
the Pacific coast about 2Sth, Gro.
the west Of Rockies country by clos
OF 29th, great central valleys Marc
1st to Sd, and eastern states 9th.
This will be an important distui
bancc. Of wide extent and of NOR
than usual force. In many parts o
the continent all the varieties O
weather may be be expected, fror
balmy spring days to tho uncoutl
blizzard, the former preceding and tn,
latter following the central dates o.
the disturbance.
The cold wave following this storm
is expected to bring unusually low
temperatures in the grea, central val.
leys that will continue through the
first week of March.
The warm wave will cross the west
of Rockies country about February
18th, great central valleys March LIST,
eastern states March Sd. Cold wave
will cross the west of Rockies country
about March I'd, great central valleys
I'm, eastern states q h.
THE LONG RANGE FORECASTS.
-Four times out Of five my forecasts
OF average monthly temperatures
prove correct ard one time out Of five
there is a reversal, a repnlsc, a battle
lost, Wh.2 Because the system is
not yet perfected.
For the Missouri, Ohio, and Missis.
slppi valleys forecasts of January
temperatures proved incorrect, the
temperatures were exactly opposite
what the calculations indicated. This
applies only to the total monthly aver.
age. The changes within the month
about as pred cted.
Prof. Bigelow, of the national
weather bureau, finds exactly the same
fiiculty. lie has a twent, seven
days period which he believes to be
controlled by the suns rotations
lie found this period by a ten years
'ecord in Europe of the magnetic
'orces. These forces seem to repeat
themselves in about twcnty-seven DAYS
md they affect the temperatures so
hat they repeat in about the same
If the length of Prof. Bigelow's
magnetic and temperature period
proves to be correct-there can be no
Ioubt that it is nearly so-he would
ave a correct LASTS for long range
breasts if it were not for one trouble.
ONE difficulty.
About one out Of five of these
wentv-sevon days periods reverses,
10Th in magnetic force and in the
temperatures and he has not. so far,
'een able to discover the cause.
The above will explain Why about
time in five the long range fore.
lasts completely fail as to tempera
urcs. This, however, still leaves
bout so per cent of correct tempsrs.
ure forecasts.
The forecasts for rainfall, with a
ew exceptions were good, at least 80
yer cent correct and for all, except
he northern portions of the great GEN.
raj valleys, the temperature forecasts
Vere good.
GENERAL MARCH WEATHER.
Temperatures in the northern por-
ion Of the great central valleys will
verage low. St. Louis. Kansas City,
)maha, Davenport, Chicago, Column
us, Cincinnati and back to st. Louis
lakes a circle inside of which will be
he lowest average temperature for
larch aud all around this center of
old, the average will tend toward
reaching to above the narmal
n the Pacific slope, on the borders of
lexico and in Flerlda, and only a
tile below nermal in the remainder
Ii Atlanta ctnInr aud Naanl