The Caucasian., 1907-02-10
WEATHER BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT.
FEBRUARY Q

FOLLOWING FEBRUARY :
Temperatures Will Go to Much Lower
Degrees and Precipitation Largely In
creased-Weather Features Will Pass
Hurriedly Across the Continent
copyrighted 1907 by W. T.4Foster, J
Washington D. c, Feb. 9-Last bull
letin gave forecasts cf disturbance to
cross the continent l. to 10 warm wave
II to IS, cool wave I} TO II. The next
disturbance will reach the Pacific coast
about Il, cross west Of the Rockies by
close OF I8, great central valleys Is to
2I. EASTERN states p. Warm wave will
cross west of the Rockies about II. the
great central valleys 10 eastern states
81. Cool wave will cross westNof the
Rockies about 20, great central valleys
g. eastern states "a.
The special feature OF this disturbance
will be its low average temperatures,
coming, as it does, during the coolest
part OF February. 1t will be preceded
and followed by cold wave. and the
warm wave will not cause high temper
atureS- @
| am not expecting very radical Or Sc
| we're weather with the above described
disturbance It will inaugurate a great
upward trend OF temperatures which will
have reached their lowest not far from
lis and their highest not far from 28
Storm centers will move slower and the
weather changes will be less frequent
and less radical and precipitation very
much less the last half than the first hall
Of the month.
Immediately following February the
temperatures will 60 to much lower de
grees anl precipitation largely increase
The various weather features will hurry
across the continent from west to east
and cold waves will be the order | ad-
wise to prepare for bad weather and
plenty Of 1t February 9 to IS.
Indications are that the spectators
are loosening their grip on grain prices
i'll order to let the latter resume theft
normal places. These spectators have
the producers by the throat and abso-
llltely dictate prices But those farmers
who can hold their grain. particularly
corn, will get better prices
SCIENCE NOTES.
Prof Bigelow Of the United States
Weather Bureau retently delivered a
lecture before the professors and pupils
OF the Chicago University assuring them
that he would soon be able to give out
weather forecasts year or more i'll ad-
vance. He makes sunspots the basis of
his hope
During the past year Prof. Gamott as
sured the public that long range fore
casts would be available in the near fu-
ture His hope is based on knowing the
weather conditions on all parts Of the
earth today and from that knowledge
estimate what the weather will be few
days hence
Six months ago Chief Moore assured
the public that he would soon be able to
make long range forecasts, His hope is
based OH Prof, @'gley's theory that
the suns heat varies periodically.
These three Weather Bureau theories
are at war with each other. each of these
professors aspiring to the honors that
will come to him who works out this
great problem. The jealousies thus
aroused are preventing harmonious ef-
forts in the Weather Bureau.
As see it none of them have found
the key to the weather problem. The
cause must be found-sunspots are only
the effects, while the changing relative
positions of the planets constitute the
cause Thus we have before us the four
theories and whoever proves his theo-
ries by his forecasts will win the prize