The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-28
WEATHER BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORM, To CROSS
THE CONTINENT.
THE NEXT DISTURBANCE

Immediately Following July Fl Temper
atures Are Expected to Be Moderate
Not Oppressive Except Where large
Deficiency in Rainfall Has Occurred
copyrighted lecs by y. 7. Foster. A,
Washington, guly 27.-Last bulletin
gave forecasts of disturbance % cross
the continent % to August Q. warm
wave p to 81, cool wave 80 TO August
Pacific coast about August ,, cross west
of the Rockies country by close ~ 3,
great central valleys 20 q. eastern
states !. Warm wave will cross west of
the Rockies about ?, grea8 central val
leys l. eastern states g. Cool wave will
cross west % the Rockies abo1A 8. the
great central valleys 2 eastern states 9.
About the cline this disturbance is
crossing the continent temperatures will
average about orNa little below normal
and drouth conditions will prevail i'll
large sections Of the court belt, particu-
larly about lower Missouri and the mid
die Mississippi siver valleys. Rainfall,
or lack of it, during the passage of shis
and the following disturbance. a,ill
largely determine shat the corn crop
is to be for 1907.
Severe storms may be expected our
ing the week August 3 to 10 and hail
may do some damage in the northwest
spring wheat country.
Immediately following July p the
temperatures are expected to be mod
crate and not much force to the, storms
Weather will not be oppressive except
where large deficiency of rainfall has
occurred.
August temperatures are expected TO
begin low and gradually rise till we have
reached September While temperatures
will increase, rainfall on most parts of
the continent will decrease and severe
drouth prevail in many sections.
This unusual heat and drouth will in
jure corn and fall pastures but will
probably not hurt cotton and spring
wheat. But there is one favorable con-
dition for corn. That crop is two weeks
late and this hot dry weather the last
half of August will hurry the crop on
toward maturity and may put it beyond
the reach Of September frosts. ,
August will bring us four special
storm periods with increased force and
velocity of the disturbances They will
reach meridian GO not far from 5, H. 10
and "a The last one will probably be
the most severe
Three great hot waves will cross the
continent in August. reaching meridian
90 not far from IA, 22 and 80. Some
times frosts occur this month i'll the
northwest, but none appear to be sched-
uled for this August Indications are
that the month will come in with much
lower temperatures than it will go out
with, reversing the usual trend of tenn
peratures for the month The first ten
days of the month will average below
normal temperatures, the last twenty
one days much above normal.
My forecasts are averaging close to
70 per cent good, Or good to 3 bad. |
am now engaged i'll strenuous effort to
make IS per cent good or 3 good to I
bad. To make this last 5 per cent is all
immense undertaking, enough to diseour-
age the stoutest heart But | expect to
succeed. .Seventy-fve per cent good
would be practically perfect. The eff
fort is to inform the public, a month or
more in advance. when temperatures
and rainfall will be above, or below, or
about normal: when temperatures will
rise Or fall or remain stationary: when
rainfall for the season will increase or
decrease; when to expect great hot
waves or cold waves. severe storms or
quiet average weather.: when crop
weather will be favorable or the re-
verse: when farmers and planters
should hold for better prices. A special
feature of the forecasts IS 10 ;ndi,a*e
when will be the best time to harvest
ice and the prospects of urge demand
for that great necessity. No one who
carefully and fairly watches these fore
casts will deny that they are good two
times out of three. therefore it pays to
follow them
ST. MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH