Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-11-12
WINTER WEATHER
WILL PREV all
WAVES WARM AND COLD TO Sue
CEED EACH OTHER THIS
MONTH.
JACK FROST TO BE KING
Blizzard In the Northwest, Snow In
the North and Long Period OF
Goodness Here is Pre-
dlcted by Foster.

Warm waves succeeded by cold
waves Is the prospect for November's
portion of weather. There will be no
need to look longingly at the straw
hat, rather look forward to the use of
a blanket and plenty of coal, for
cold weather is promised in abundance
and may be looked for during next
week Snow and billiards. in the
northwest and real winter weather in
this section may be expected during
the month. The following is the COM
plete forecast:
Washington, D. c., Nov, 9.-Last
bulletin gave forecasts Of disturbance
to cross continent to 10, warm wave
5 to 9, cool wave to H. Next disturb
ance will reach the Pacific coast about
| II, cross west Of the Rockies by close
of IL, great central valleys 10 to 15,
| eastern states 49, Warm wave will
cross west Of Rockies country about
| II, great central valleys 13, eastern
states 15 Cool wave will cross west
7 of Rockies about IA, great central cal
leys 16, eastern states 10.
This disturbance will cause con-
tinuance of the high temperature
wave mentioned in last bulletin and
the cool wave preceding it will not
bring very low temperature, but the
cool wave following 1t will cause a
cold wave, SHOWS north, a blizzard In
the northwest and will inaugurate a
long period of real winter weather.
Fourth disturbance of November
will reach the Pacific coast not far
from II, cross west Of the Ricllies
country by close of 1S, great central
valleys 10 to 81 eastern states 20.
A warm wave will cross west of the
Rockies about II, great central valleys
10, eastern states FL. Cool wave
will cross west Of the Rockies about
20, great valleys "a, eastern states "a
This warm wave will not 60 to high
degrees, the cool waves before and
after the storm center will bring cold
| weather, altogether making a period
Of below normal temperatures. The
cold wave coming at close of tnis dis,
turbance will bring real winter with
exceedingly low temperatures. Much
snow may be expected in northern
sections and much rain in southern
from IA to "a and the temperatures
will average low from Is to end of the
month,
Immediately following November
generally high temperatures will pre-
vail and not much precipitation til
after IA.
4 The red planet Mars is coming into
a warlike position again. Not a wal
of flesh and blood but of the elements
I do not know anything about astro
logy and the effects of the planets on
vegetable and animal life but dc
know that Mars will have much to dc
with the coming December weather
How do 1 know? take dates or
which that planet has. in the pas
hundred years, been in similar posi-
tions to what 1t will be next month
l may find nine times in the past hun
dred years when that planet that oc
cupied similar positions and | take
the weather Of each of those nine per
iods and find what the average was
Then, If no other planet comes into
the weather game, must conclude
{ that Mars will rule the weather O
December and that the average O
nine similar previous periods will in
dictate the character of the coming
December weather. But If other plan
cts are in magnetic touch with the
earth then the calculations becom,
more complex, difficult and uncertain