Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-26
WEATHER BULLETIN.
STORM PREDICTIONS MADE ny
W. r. FOSTER.
Prophecy Made of storm of More
Than Usual Force About the
First of February.

1896. by w II. Foster)-My last bulle-
tin gave forecasts Of the storm wave TO
cross the continent from the Goth to
the Goth. and the next will reach the
Pacific coast about the 3Oth. cross the
west OF Rockies country by close Of the
alst, great central valleys February LIST
to sd. and eastern states Attn.
This storm will develop more than
usual force. particularly in the Missouri
and Mississippi valleys. and danger
Gus storms may result about the great
lakes.
Not much rain or snow from this
| disturbance the center OF the lows
VIII take a northern route, and the
| temperature In the southern states VIII
range more below the normal than III
the northern. Probabilities are that
temperatures in the north will average
] nhoVe normal and in the south below
from January both to February 4th
The warm wave Will cross the west
Of Rockies country about January 3Vth'
great central valleys February list;
eastern states February 3. Cool wave
Will cross the west of Rockies country
about February I'd; great central val
leys 4th, eastern states, 9th,
Tie front line of the second February
disturbance will reach the Pacific coast
]
country by close of 9th, great central
valleys 7th to 9th. eastern states. lOth.
The coolest part OF the month VIII
follow this low, beginning Immediately
nfter II has passed, and with II VIII be-
gin the rain or snow period of the
month.
The warm wave will cross the west
OF Rockies country about the 5th great
central valleys 7th eastern states 9Th.
Cold wave will cross the west nt
Rockies country about Sth, great con-
trail valleys 10Th, eastern states lath
The Missouri valley, the Mississippi
valley above st. Louis, Manitoba, lakes
Michigan and Superior Will average
below normal temperatures, the colde7t
parts being along line drawn from
| Winnipeg to Kansas City.
The Pacific slope. northern parts of
the southern states the Ohio valley,
lower lakes and the north Atlantic
states win have about average temper
atures.
The southern parts OF the southern
states and the south Atlantic coast
country from Raleigh and Charleston
southward win average below the nor
nal temperatures.
The rainfall for February will be
unusually even, with excuses and de-
fiCiencies in very few places. The aver
, abe February rainfall east OF the
, Rockies Is heaviest. about six inches,
) within the circle running from New
: Orleans by way Of Memphis Nash
) vile. Atlanta, Mobile and back to New
Orleans. All around this circle the rain
4; fall grows less as you recedc from IT,
ON the Pacific slope the heaviest rain
fall along the coast, about ten inches.
is near Olympia, gradually decreasing
= southwark TO three Inches near Los
6 Angeles aud decreasing from the coast
u to the crest OF the Rockies.
Limited localities will have "A denc-
| iercy OF rain In February and few
: limited sections an excess, but these
= will be the exceptions and not the rule.
! An average rainfall In February IL
very encouraging to all industries and
. gives hopes for good crops In 1895.
/ The temperature Is also promising
except for southern early gardening
, and the upper Missouri where the
: weather win be hard on livestock.
But It is the latter months that VIII
! determine the general crops for 1896
and the turns In the weather Will bring
3 many disappointmcnts.
The only way to keep posted Is ia
read the newspapers containing my
weather forecasts. Careless reading
will do YOU no good, for you must study
and understand these bulletins in order
TO be- benefited by them.
one thing bear carefully in mind. In
applying my monthly forecasts you
n may expect the result to run over q
D little into the following or extend back
= a little into the preceding month.
y This was true OF December 1895. IL
: the actual temperature OF the month
: only is included the month averaged
q warmer In northern portions of the
United States than was predicted but
by including three days of January
the forecast and the monthly average
> agree. The eastern portions OF Canada,
D., however, averaged n little warmer and
the southern portions OF the Pacific
slope a little colder than was expected
The pncinr glpnR receives Ito fnoiS-
turc principally from the Pacific ocean
where II is evaporated by the down.
pour Of dry air In the north Pacific per-
petual high, the center OF which is
about thirty degrees nearly west OF
san Francisco.
The moisture II brought to the Pnci-
iic slope by winds whose prevailing di-
: rection on the coast is nearly parallel
. with the coast, and therefore all OF
California. Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Id
aho and the eastern parts Of Colorado
! and New Mexico must depend for SUI
q fclent raneall largely on the conditions
= OF the countries northwest OF them.
Whatever will aid In holding moisture
q will aid In rainfall, and the prevention
u or drouths and hot winds and these
= aids must he general. The whole OF
q tho North American continent includ-
Ing Mexico must adopt similar meas
ures before rain can be properly dis
q trihuted and local drouths prevented
Il Mexico receive their moisture partly
r from the Pacific and partly from the
d Atlantic the crest OF the Rocky noun
q tain extension being the dividing line.
% East of the Rockies the humidity
4 comes almost exclusively from the gulf
4. OF Mexico and the Atlantic lying Inn
s medlptely east OF II. where the sea wat
. cr " lifted by evaporation and carried
!. into the continent by the north Atlantic
II perpetual high.
The central part OF this moisture lad
II on stream OF air enters the continent
Y bets on New Orleans and Galveston
I moves by way Of the Black His, Mani
. ioba, the great lakes and the gulf OF
y 81. Lawrence where II enters tho At
o lantic coast
! This stream OF molstu . covers Mex
; leo, all of the United States and south
g ern Canada that lie east OF Rocky
mountain crest and from that aerial
river AL the North American continent
mentioned Is watrrcd and whatever
prevents that humid wind river .rum