Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-05
FROST AND DROUTH
MONTH OF JUNE TO CONTAIN
WEATHER OF VARIED QUAIL
iTY AND QUANTITY,
Iowa, However, VIII Come In Only for
the Drouth and a Large Assortment
of Hot and Cool Weather-Prof. w.
T. Fosters Bulletin.

Frosts, drouth and storms of a dan
gerous character are the pleasant
probabilities Prof. W. T. Foster of
Washington, d. c., predicts for month
inaugurated yesterday. His latest bull
letin states that all Of these are COM
ing sometime during June. However,
the only one of these calamities that
seems destined to strike Iowa is the
drouth, as the frost will be confined to
the northern mountain sections and
the dangerous storms to that part Of
the country which lies east of the me-
ridian 80.
The bulletin in full is as follows:
The last bulletin gave forecasts Of
disturbance to cross continent 9th to
9th. warm wave 4th to 9Th, cool wave
7th to 11th Next disturbance will
reach Pacific coast about 9th, cross
west of Rockies country by close of
10th, great central valleys 18th to 18th,
eastern states 14th. Warm wave will
cross west of Rockies about 9th great
central valleys 18th, eastern states
18th. Cool wave will cross west Of
Rockies about 18th, great central val
tieys 14th, eastern states 18th.
Storms and other intensities of June
weather features will begin to increase
about and continue to gather force
till this last above described disturb
ance has passed. 1t will reach it's
greatest force east Of meridian 90 June
Ia or Is, at which time dangerous
storms may be expected.
Severe storms do not reach more
than one out of a hundred localities
and do not pretend to give the exact
spots where they will be most severe.
1t is enough to give warning Of the
dates about when, and approximately
the section where, they may be ex-
pected.
Temperatures will not go extremely
high in front of, or southeast Of this
storm center, but they will go very
low northwest and following it. The
middle of June would be very late for
frosts but in northern mountain sec
frost line, as this cool wave crosses
the continent June IS to II.
"Drouth will prevail in many dis
tricts east of Rockies during this
month, particularly from goth to a0th,
and most rain will fall from 7th to
18th. From 3rd to 18th it will be cool
er in the southern than in the northern
states.
Months ago I stated that 1906 corn
crop would be 25 per cent less in guam.
tity than the 1905 crop and / hope
friends of my weather work will profit
by that forecast. Early in 1905 made
a similar prediction about the cotton
crop and within twelve months the
price OF cotton almost doubled.
Science Notes.
"Chief Moore's long range weather
forecasts are to be based on the swell
Ing and sinking of the high barometers
that overlie Siberia and the north At
lantic ocean and the low barometers
that overlie Iceland and the Behring
sea. Thirty years ago Prof. Tice of ST.
Louis published more complete state
ment Of the influence these varying
barometers have on North American
weather than is now officially an
nounced by the weather bureau as a
new discovery. Prof. Garriott chief of
the weather bureau forecasters, is the
author of this new (?) system; he is
also native of Missouri, was living in
st. Louis thirty years ago when Prof.
Tice published this system in book
form. Being from Missouri probably
/ Prof Tice Showed him. Now If some
one would show Prof Garriott and
Chief Moore the cause of the swelling
and shrinking of those great perma-
nent high barometers they might sue.
coed in making good long range wealth.
er forecasts, otherwise they will fail"