Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-14
COOL WEATHER
FOR next WEEK
MANY RADICAL CHANGES IN THE
PREDICTION BY FORECAST
ER FOSTER.
STORMS IN THE EAST
Warm Wave Will Continue Until
About July Ia Will Be Fol-
lowed by a Cool Wave -
Varied Conditions.

Cool weather is predicted for next
week. Friday is scheduled to be the
day of the cool wave. An I'M
usually hot wave is slated by the fore
caster to follow the cool wave. The
change will be keenly felt and will be
to crops because of the pre-.
ceding cool wave. Unusually severe
are predicted along the east
ern part of the United States. An un.
usually hot spell Is slated to follow
Immediately after the cool wave Fol-
lowing is the forecast in full as given
by ". T. Foster:
Washington, D. c.. July 11.-Last
bulletin gave forecasts Of disturbance
to cross continent 10 to ID, warm wav
8 to 13, cool wave ~ to Is. Next dis
turbance will reach Pacific coast about
IA, cross Pacific slope by close of Is,
great central valleys 16 to IS, eastern
states 10. Warm wave will cross Pa
cific slope about IA, great central val
leys 16, eastern states Is. Cool wave
will cross Pacific slope about II, great
central valleys 10, eastern states 81.
The most prominent feature of this
disturbance will be the unusually low
average of the temperature of that
week OF which IL will be the central
day. That cool wave will be followed
by an unusually hot spell and the lat
ter will hurt because of the preceding
cool spell.
This disturbance will be of unusual
~ great force on north Pacific, on Pa
ciic slope and generally in the Rock
les country, becoming milder as 1t ap-
proaches meridian 80.
| am expecting unusually severe
storms along and east of Meridian 80
from July IL to Is. Bad time for ex.
cursions; keep off the water at that
time and keep an eve on the gather.
Ing of those elements that make up
the storms. AS predicted in these bull.
let1ns 1908 has been a year Of great
storms and other unusual weather
events and there are more to come.
The week %centering on II will bring
more than the usual rainfall where
dry weather has prevailed and less
than usual rain where the heavy rains
have been falling. ! am expecting dry
weather in the southwest where the
floods have been. i still believe that
crops will be below the average this
year.
Inquiries are coming in as to the
1903 crop weather and I will soon
know what the calculations will say
about it.
UNIVERSAL Harnonies.
Universal principles are such that
all truths are in harmony with all
other truths, while errors constantly
conflict with each other, therefore
when we are searching for truth
about which we have a theory its
agreement with known facts strength
ems our faith while one disagreement,
with known facts is fatal to ou1
theory.
There are many theories as to the
cause of weather changes. When
ever weather features depart from the
seasonal normal we are interested tc
know the and about these
causes there are a vast number O.
theories. Many scientists are giving
intense thought to this subject and 4
practical system of long range fore
casts cannot be very far away.
Professors Bigelow and Garriott O.
the weather bureau are working out
systems. The former bases his on
magnetism that comes from the sun
to the earth, its variations being
caused by the rotation of the sun or
Its axis. Garriott bases his system OF
the oscillations of the permanent
highs that cover the Atlantic and Pa
cif1c oceans and the permanent lows
that oscillate in the vicinities of Ice
land and Boring sea. OF course the
semi-annual high in winter and the
semi-annual low in summer, that cover
the continent. are also considered.
Professor Ricard, the astronomer OF
Santa Clara college, California, turns
his telescope onto the s%unspots and
by them makes some wonderfully cor
rect forecasts. He is surely the com
ing sunspot specialist in long range
forecasting.
MY system is the same as Bigelow's
except that for first cause he takes
the rotation of the sun on it's axis
while | take the changing relative DO
sttions Of sun, moon, earth and maio:
planets.
Out of these four systems will come
the future system Of m%eteorology
There are probably facts in each Of
the proposed systems and each o1
these facts will certainly agree with
every other fact Of every other pro
posed system. 1t may be fortunate
that four men now have four different
systems under investigation.
EDDYVlLLE.