The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-01
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT.
MODERATE WARM WAVE
Will Follow a Great Fall in Tempera-
ture-Four Periods to Be Watched
and Feared-The Storms About Sep
tember First and Immediately After.
copyrighted 1907 by w. 7. Foster. }

copyrighted 1907 by w. 7. Foster. }
Washington, Aug. 31.-Last bulletin
gave forecasts of disturbance to cross
the continent 80 to September 3. warm
wave 20 to Septmber 2, cool wave Sep
tember 1 to 5. The next disturbance will
reach the Pacific coast about September
q. cross west Of the Rockies country by
close of 5, great central valleys E to 8,
eastern states 9. Warm wave will cross
west of the Rockies about 4, great CEN
tral valleys E, eastern states 8. Cool
| wave will cross west of the Rockies
about 7, great central valleys 9. eastern
states II.
This disturbance will follow great
| fall in temperatures and will bring a
moderate warm wave, but on most parts
of the continent temperatures will aver
age below normal, and frequent showers
may be expected as this disturbance
passes eastward.
The center of the August drouth was
| about 800 miles further southwest than
| had calculated, and it is now seen that
the central parts of the drouth was not
far from cenral Texas On account Of
this error the line between the expected
northern excessive rains and the expect
ed drouth in southwestern part of the
corn section was further eastward than
! calculated This leaves the frost king
master of the situation Where the
drouth prevailed killing frosts may not
be feared before September 20. But
further north, where rains have been
excessive and the crops are not mature,
the early frosts now become danger
GUS element in the crop weather ques
ton
There are four periods to be watched
and feared-September 4, 10, 10 and FL.
Killing frosts are expected to resRh
parts of Canada and some northern Sec
tions of the states not far from Septem-
Der d. along meridian 90; little earlier
west of that line and little later east
of it. After that each successive frost
date given is expected to send killing
frosts further south. The last one, about
September Fl, reaching northern parts
of the cotton belt.
We are now able to approximate the
dates and localities of the local drouths,
excessive rains and frosts, and we are
rapidly approaching that perfection in
the calculations that will enable us to be
|, much more successful in forecasting
these three important features of the
weather.
About August 81 | expect the hot
wave of the disturbance to be near me-
ridian 90. On that meridian, and lit
tie further east, | expect an extensive
cool wave not long after September l..
The fall in temperature will be great,
reaching its lowest on that line not far
from September A.
| expect the southwestern drouth to
trail day will be September 7, and that
week will be momentous period as to
killing frosts in the northern states and
the spring wheat country of Canada.
The storms about and Immediately
following September I will be of greater
than average force or intensity and will
affect the whole continent. But my read
ers must not understand the word storm
to fnean anything destructive. We say
rain storm, hail storm, snow storm, etc,