Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-29
FEBRUARY WILL Be
STRENUOUS MONTH
PROF. w. T. FOSTER PREDICTS
VARIED WEATHER PROGRAM
FOR THIS SECTION
Will Come in Warm and Balmy But
Wi. go Out With Billiards and Cold
Rains-says Earthquakes Are Moth
ing But Electrical Shocks.

Very little cay going weather may
be expected in February, its going to
be an all round strenuous month, ,"
says w. T. Foster in his latest weather
bulletin. According to the professor,
the first part of February will he.
warm and springlike but the latter
part of the month will end up with Al
cold wave, billiards In the north and
cold rains in the southern sections.
Following is the report in full:
Washington, D. c., Jan. 26.-Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbances
to cross continent Jan. 81 to Feb 4,
warm wave Jan. 80 to Feb. 3, cool
wave Feb. 2 to 6. Next disturbance
will reach Pacific coast about 5,
cross west of Rockies country by close
of 6. great central valleys Z TO 8, east
ern states 10. Warm wave will cross
west of Rockies about 5, great central
valleys Z, eastern states 9. Coal wave
will cross west of Rockies about s.,
great central valleys 10, eastern states
IL.
Will be changeable Month.
Very little easy going weather may
be expected during February and the
above described disturbance will be
an all around strenuous affair First
days of the month will be warm and
springlike and then Immediately pre-
ceding the disturbance moderate
cool wave, warming up little as the
storm center approaches and then rad
ical weather ending with a severe Geld
wave and blizzard in northern sec
lions and cold rain in the south.
Colder and colder will grow tie
weather continuing cold until near q,
with only small rise in temperature
not far from 20, the temperature az
eraging very low for the two weeks
ending Feb! 25 The fall in ienpera-
ture from about Feb. to Is will be
very great and then the rise will be
nearly as great from Is to %. Nearly
all the precipitation will come from
Feb. 5 to 10.
My predictions Of high temperature
first part of January to be Followed
by great fall in temperature were
well put as We're also the dates given
for increase and decrease in forces or
intensities Of the storm features.
Moderate Weather Next Week.
Moderate weather is expected about
and Immediately following Jan. 26
and then great high temperature
wave as we approach Feb. 2. Force of
storms will increase about and follow
ing Jan. rs and the storms will be
quite severe by Feb. 2. For the move
ments of weather features from west
to east all my dates are for meridian
80 and you must count a little earlier
20 Of hot spn
for east of it.
The earthquakes this year have all
occurred near the dates on which |
had predicted severe weather and in
crease in the force of storms. I thor
oughly believe that most earthquakes
are electrical shocks of the same ma
ture as thunderbolts and | believe that
with carefully prepared records Of
past earthquakes these disturbances
may be successfully foretold.
Are Influenced by Moon.
Earthquakes do not occur at one
half of the new and full moons and
therefore we cannot depend on the
moon alone in forecasting earthquakes
as has been suggested by a German
scientist, but rs per cent of the earth
quakes occur at either new or full
moon and therefore the moon evident
ly has. something to do with earth
quakes as it surely has an influence
on our weather.
South Of a line drawn from Chicago
to Dodge City and west of line drawn
from Chicago to Pensacola, February
will average colder than usual else
where from about to above normal