Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-11-13
SAYS BLIZZARD
IS COMING SOON
PEOPLE SHOULD PREPARE FOR
VERY SEVERE STORM, STATES
PROF. FOSTER
Just What Portion of the Country il
Will Affect, He Can Not Toll, But
All Should be on the Look OUT
his Weeks Bulletin.

VIII Affect he Can NOR Io!l, but
All Should be on the Look Out
his Weeks Bulletin.
There is going to be blizzard and
| it is surely coming soon. That Is not
the title of some new popular song but
the very essence of this weeks bunch
of predictions as handed out by Prof,
w. T. Foster of washington, D. c.
The blizzard has been giving the pro.
fessor considerable trouble. He first
mentioned 1t two weeks ago, and stat.
ed then that he couldn't tell just when
it was going to get here, or just where
1t would strike. In fact he did not say
then that it would be a blizzard, but
it was to be unusually severe weather
conditions Well, it's blizzard but
the weather arranger isn't quite sure
yet where it will strike.
It's coming along about November IL
to TO- All communities are advised to
i prepare for it. 1t may not hit any GER
tain one but its mighty liable to, so bet
ter be forehanded and be ready.
What He Says.
/ Last bulletin gave forecast OF dis.
turbance to cross continent IL to is,
warm wave 10 to Ia, cool wave Is to
IT.. Next disturbance will reach Paci-
fic coast about IA, cross west of Rock
les country by close of Is, great CEN
trail valleys II to 10, eastern states 20.
Warm wave will cross west of Rockies
about IA, great central valleys 16, east
ern states IS. Cool wave will cross
west of Rockies about II, great central
valleys 10, eastern states n.
This 5-day weather period will de-
velop great intensities and severe
weather events. First indications will
be a day or two Of moderate, pleasant
weather followed by day of very
high temperatures, then threatening
and then a cold wave and blizzard.
Probabilities are that the central por
l ton of the weather features will come
in through B. G., Manitoba, down the
, Missouri river, UP the Ohio through
!, New York and Pennsylvania and the
. New England states.
The best | can do is to advise all t.
8 prepare for severe winter storms Of ar
r extreme character. Some places will
not get the disagreeable features but
expect the whole continent to fee
, the effects of this great disturbance.
: BY watching the daily papers 70,
can keep trace Of these great weather
disturbances which may come a little
ahead or little behind my dates. B!
4 weather features mean warm waves
2 cold waves, billiards.. cloud belts, rain
3 snow, sleet, etc.
Following Nov. 10 will come few
Il days of moderate weather and this viii
], give an opportunity to prepare for tw'
or three weeks of very bad weather II
many sections of this continent. Las
half of November will try your endu1
ance and December will come in witt
/ extremely bad weather.
/ expect the weather bureau to ham
out it's danger signals as this disturb
ance approaches but at this time it i
not practical to locate dangerou
storms longer in advance. Hurricane
in the southern seas and great storm
on the continent break up the usua
+. weather features to such an exten
that 1t is more difficult to make goo
n long range forecasts. Don't forget t
" expect the disturbances earlier on tn
west side Of the continent than in tn
n east. The eastward drift of the weathe
& features is about 500 miles day.
Science Notes.
q. In their commendable efforts to fin
the basis for long range weather for
casts the professors Of the weathe
bureau make one fatal mistake an
~ until the see that error and correct
their efforts must ever fail. That etr
s is in not making the weather record
the basis Of their calculations. VIVA
~ ever may be the cause of weathe
changes long range weather forecast
!, of value cannot be made without usin
the weather records, mathematician
in making the calculations. Why the
fail to see this is beyond comprehel
st sion.
The climate of the country consist
n of the general average weather colld
lions of many years. In order to &
the records, even going back throug
IT, the old Smithsonian records. The
why do they discard those records
a. their efforts to make long range Tor
casts?
n Suppose the suns heat does var
thereby being the cause of our weatht
IT. changes. Would that cause the weat
- err on all parts of this continent to va
~ the same way? If it caused gre
- floods in the Ohio valley would that |
:" dictate floods on all parts Of the con
nent o! No! 1t would surely cau'
~ drouth in some other section. Ho
could you determine which section
10 would get the flood and which tt
- drouth? Is there anything possib
m d Eznraeae I'D she assa