The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-09
Foster Predicts That Storms Will
Come Thick and fsst.
An Ineipient Blizzard Is in Store
During The Month.
Indian Summer Days Will Drop in Be.
fore November Passes.
There'II Be Something This Winter
Cold Waves Galore.
From Saturdays Daily.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 3.-The last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance to
cross continent Oct. to IL, warm wave
Oct. 6 to 10, cool wave Oct. 9 to IA. The
next disturbance will reach the Pacific
coast about Oct. IL, cross west of the
Rockies by close of Oct. II, great central
valleys Oct. Is to 10, eastern states Oct
l6. The warm wave will cross west of
the Rockies about Oct. IL, great central
valleys Oct. l3, eastern states Oct. Is
The cool wave will cross west of the
Rockies about Oct. IA, the great central
valleys Oct. 16, eastern states Oct. Is.
This disturbance will belong to per-
iod of cold weather in the southern,
warm in the northern states. 1t will in
augurate a protracted storm period in
which the storms will be of great force
and very dangerous on land and sea.
These storms will spend their force in
various ways and we may expect tropical
hurricanes, tornadoes, cloudbursts, hot
waves, cold waves, frosts and, in north
ern sections an incipient blizzard.
These great disturbances will continue
over a period of ten days from about Oct
IL to Oct. %, and all styles of weather
that will sometimes come in October will
be included in that ten days. These
storms will probably strike hardest
where the greater disturbances of the
past three months did not appear. Ma,
ture is inclined to be generous in the dis
tribution of such gifts and when this
storm period has passed most places will
have experienced some of the weather
extremes that will have occurred dur
ing August, September and October.
About the date of this bulletin, and
after, comes one of those
very dangerous storm disturbances which
has been described in previous bulletins
and it will continue to be of great force
and danger till after Oct. 7.
The temperature of the week ending
Oct. IL, will average above and rainfall
below normal Rainfall will be heavy
in many places Oct. 3, 4, 5, and g.
November will give us some severe
weather and the storms will be of more
than usual force but nothing to compare
with that of the three previous months
Much fine weather and many beautiful
Indian summer days will come with that
month.
Particularly in southern states and
wherever the fly is feared November will
be the best time to SOW winter wheat.
Much good weather will come during No
vember and December, good wheatgrow-
ing weather, and by sowing late the de-
structive effects of the storms, particu
larly heavy rains, will be avoided
My readers will begin to tire of great
storm predictions, or rather they will
long for a rest from the very unusual
weather extremes of these three months
and [ have concluded to give them
long rest.
The coming winter will, as usual, bring
some sever cold waves and [ am prepar
ing to make timely warnings of these
frosts a speciality in these bulletins.
Much work, worry and expense may be
saved in putting up ice by taking my
forecasts as a guide. Many icemen ar
range their ice cutting by these fore
casts. IF | could do no better than be
correct two-thirds of the time
it would pay to take my forecasts as
guide.
A part of the coming winter will be ex-
ceedingly hard on live stock and to know
what part is a matter of very great i'm
portance to those engaged therein. My
efforts are for all but principally for
those interests that are not benfiteed by
the short range forecasts of the United
States weather bureau.