The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-27

HIGH TEMPERATURE WAVE


copyrighted 1907 by W 7. Foster
Washington. Jan. 2o.-Last bulletin
gave forecasts Of disturbance to cross the
continent 81 to February !, warm wave
80 to February 3, cecil wave February ;
to g. The next disturbance will reach
the Pacific coast about ). cross west OF
the Rockies country by close Of 8. great
central valleys 7 10 9, eastern states 10.
Warm wave will cross west of Rockies
about ). great central valleys !, eastern
states @ Cool wave will cross west OF
the Rockies about g. great central val
leys 10. eastern states Il.
Very little easy-going weather may be
expected during February, and the above
described disturbance will be an all
round strenuous affair. I'll first days OF
the month will be warm and Spring-lke
and then immediately preceding the dis
turbance moderate cool wave. warm
ing up as the storm center approaches,
and then radical weather ending with a
severe cold wave and blizzard i'll north
ern sections and a cold rain i'll the south.
Colder and colder will grow the
weather, continuing cold till near p,
with only a small rise in temperatures
not far from 20. the temperatures aver
aging very low for the two weeks end
ing February % The fall in tempera-
lures from about February I to IS will
be very great. and then the rise will be
nearly as great from IS to %. Nearly all
the precipitation for the month will come
from February ) to 10.
Ny predictions OF high temperatures
first part of January to be followed by
a great fall in temperatures were well
put. as were also the dates given for
increase and decrease in forces or inten-
sites Of the storm features.
Moderate weather is expected about
and Immediately following %, and then
great high tmperature wave as we
approach February :. Force of storms
will increase. about and following Jan
uary 20. and the storms will be quite
severe by February ;. For the move
ments OF weather features from west to
east all my dates are for meridian 90 and
you must count little earlier for west
of that line and a little later for east
of it.
The earthquakes this year have all oc-
Cured near the dates on which | had
predicted severe weather and increase in
the force of storms. thoroughly be-
lleve that most earthquakes are electri-
cal shocks much of the same nature as
thunderholts and | believe that with
carefully prepared records of past earth
quakes these disturbances may be Sue
cessfully foretold
Earthquakes do not occur at one-half
OF the new and full moons and therefore
we can not depend on the moon alone in
forecasting earthquakes. as has been
suggested by German scientist, but Is
per cent OF the earthquakes occur at
either new or full moon, and therefore
the moon evidently has something to do
with the earthquakes as it surely has an
influence on our weather.
South OF line drawn from Chicago
TO Dodge City and west of a line drawn
from Chicago to Pensacola. February
will average colder than usual; else
where from about to above normal tenn
peratures. Within 400 miles of St. Louis
and on the Atlantic slope north of
Charleston, S c., less than usual rain
will fall in February; elsewhere from
about to above normal rainfall may be
expected.