The Red Cloud chief., 1896-02-07
WEATHER FORECASTS,
Furnished Expressly for The
Red Cloud chief.
copyrighted, 1896, by w. T. Foster.)
On I,vppu No III NJ last

copyrighted, 1896, by w. T. Foster.)
ST, JosrpH, Mo-, Feb. S,-My last
bulletin gave forecasts Of the storW
waves to cross the continent from
l2th to 10 h auG the next will reach
the Pacific coast about 10th, cross
the west of Rockies country b. close
of l7th, great central valleys 18th to
2Oth and eastern states 2lst
This storm will bring tie cold wave
of February aud cold weather equal to
or below that about thr An Of Febru.
AIRY and 23l Of Janu'ry.
From 9Th to 10Th inclusive ftbru.
airy will average warmer lhan usual
the warmest part Of the month being
Sth to l4th inclusive, and from 10Th
to March 4th will average colder than
usual.
Rainfall will be generally deficient
from 9TH to 18th of this month and III
mauy places excessive from 18th 20
| March 9Th. The most severe storms
of the month will occur frsm l4th to
10Th.
The warm wave will cross the west
Of Rockies country about l6th, great
central valleys 18Th, eastern states
10th. Cold wave will cross the west
Of Rockies coYn'ry about 10Th, grca'
central valleys 21st, eastern states Odd
The cold wave following the pre-
vops storm will be quite severe in the
eastern states about l6 h.
ARIDlTY AND IRRIGATION.
Ia the lat bulletin | discussed crop
weather of the southern states that
constitute one o. the four weather
divisions of the summer season and
row WE will move with the prevailing
winds To the countries about the west
cad Of the Cult of Mexico.
A peculiar weather condition pre-
walls oyer this section east of The
Rocky range and including Mexico.
Indian Territory, southeastern Kan
sas and the eastern parts of Colorado
aud New Mexico.
liz this weather district the prevail.
ing winds, during the sumner season,
blow nearly west in Mexico, north 10
Texas and northeast in the Indian
Territory returning 30 the Atlantic
Ocean not far from New York. This
is a part of the sam" circular motion
Of the atmosphere described as belong.
ing to the first district aud covering
the southeastern states
The prevailing winds are broken up
in this second weather district by the
highs and lows that move southeast
ward from the Pac &c coast and also
by the tropical storms, some of which
are termed sub.tropicai to distinguish
th.m from the regular West India
hurricanes.
The northern lows that move from
west to east across the United States
carry and condense the moisture that
waters all the interior of the CONT
nent, including the supply of water
for the great lakes.
When the eastward drifting lows
are on the crest Of the Rockies they
cause the winds on and around the
Gulf Of Mexico to change their pre-.
vailing course aud, with increased
velocity, they blow toward the north
westerly low.
When the moisture is deficient II
the rivers, soil and vegetation of thi.
district the wind seeks a high eleva
ton and therefore does not supply
the necessary under or ground cur
rents that furnish moisture for tn,
lows and the only moisture the,
receive is from the weak and slow cur
rents that 90 over the first or south
eastern district.
Two very serious results come from
no III AAEnse