Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-06-02
JUNE TO HAVE
STORMY DAYS
HOT WAVE LIKELY TO OCCUR
EARLY IN MONTH TEMPER
ED BY RAIN.
VARIETY OF WEATHER
VARIETY OF WEATHER
Drouth in Some Sections With Hot
Winds May Cause Alarm
Storms Are Not Located by
Foster in Prediction.

The weather predictions for the
next week promise mixture similar
to the variety this section has been
enduring for the past week or two, a
little sunshine and little rain.
Early in the week it is likely to be
hot and dry. This will be tempered,
however, by rains. Stormy weather is
on the program for the month. Eos
ter's forecast follows:
Washington, D. c., May 80 = Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturb
ances to cross continent 26 to 80,
warm wave rs to 20, cool wave % to
June l. Next disturbance will reach
Pacific coast about 80, cross Pacific
slope by close of 81, great central
valleys June l to 8, eastern states a.
Warm wave will cross Pacifis slope
about 80, great central valleys June /,
eastern states 8. Cool wave will cross
Pacific slope about June 2, great cen
trail valleys 4, eastern states 6.
! This disturbance will bring great
hot wave and the warmest period of
the month. 1t will spread alarm in
many sections on account of severe
drouth and hot winds, but in most
these will be relieved by showers or
excessive rains. The drouth scare
will be west of the Mississippi south
ward from and including Missouri.
Some parts of the corn section of that
country will be seriously damaged
by hot winds and drouth.
This disturbance will bring danger
GUS storms to few localities during
the first week of June. I will not try
to locate these severe storms, but
having advised my readers of the
time, they should be on the alert.
General trend of temperatures on
meridian 80 will be downward from
about June Alto 16 and rains will in
crease on most parts of the CONT
nent From 16 to end of month rains
will decrease and temperatures &C
gradually upward. Severe and danger
Gus storms may be expected during
the weeks centering on Is and 20.
| Temperatures of June will average
/ below normal within 400 miles of 6
line drawn from Burlington, Iowa, te
Washington, D.. c.. Outward from
that center temperatures will in
crease from about to above normal.
Rainfall in June will generally be
above normal east of meridian 80
except that it will be below in Flor
ida and in New England states. Rain
fall in western Canada will be abou
normal. Dry in middle southwest.
| Second disturbance of June will
reach Pacific coast about 5, cross Pa
cific slope by close of 6, great centra
valleys to 8, eastern states 10
Warm wave will cross Pacific slope
about 5, great central valleys Z, east
ern states 8. Cool wave will eros
Pacific slope about s, great centra
valleys 10, eastern states u. All fea
lures of this disturbance will b.
more than usually radical and rain
will increase on most parts of the cor
tinent.
The Contest.
June, 1908, will inaugurate the lon
range weather forecast contest be
tween these bulletins and the U.
weather bureau. The conditions ar
altogether in favor of the weather BIT
reau because while their forecast
will be for a whole week the frs
three days will really be short range
while the forecasts of these bulletin
will be for ten days to six months i
advance. Almost universally tn
weather bureau avoids forecasting tn
dates on which to expect sever
storms, while do not shirl1 that II
sponsibility.
I am really glad to welcome thi
contest and therefore | am advertiser
; the weather bureaus entry into thi
new field of work. After ridiculin
7 long range forecasts for years Chic
Moore in now long range forecaste