Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-28
LITTLE COLD WEATHER IN
THESE PARTS MAY BE EX-
PECTED NEXT WEEK.
CONTINUES
MILD
February Will be Dry and Average
Temperature Higher in This
Locality-study Mag
sa, netism.

There is little chance of a great
change in the weather conditions that
obtain at present, as the warm and
cool waves succeed each other the
latter should be upon us during the
early part of next week, but no very
low temperature is expected. The
weather for February in this section
will average much warmer and prom
Uses to be dry in the central valleys.
The complete forecast follows:
Washington. D. c., jan 25.-Last
bulletin gave forecasts Of disturbance
to cross continent % to 81, warm wave
20 to 26, cool wave 25 to 20. Next dis
80. cross Pacific slope by close of 80,
great central valleys 81 to Feb 2. east
ern states Feb 8. Warm wave will
cross Pacific slope about 20, great CEN
trail valleys 81 eastern states Feb 2.
Cool wave will cross Pacific slope
about Feb. ], great central valleys g.,
eastern states 5.
This disturbance will be of great in
tensity in all it's weather features from
coast, to Feb. 3, when 1t will be on the
Atlantic coast. 1t will continue with
great force until it is well out on the
Atlantic on Feb S and 6.
Temperatures will average high dur
ing the week of this storms transcon-
tinental passage and cool wave will
not bring very low temperatures. The
path of this disturbance will be
through the southern states
First ten days of February will av-
erage unusually warm and not much
rain or snow. The last nineteen days
will average very cold with heavy
rains or SHOWS in many places. From
about 20 to 2S, about nine days, a
great cold wave will cover the conti-
nent, with extremely low temperatures
in places. During that cold spell very
low temperatures will prevail in the
vicinity of Washington, D. c., and
heavy SHOWS NAV be expected . The
month will average much warmer and
will be very dry in the great central
valleys.
A short, sharp cold wave will pass
meridian 80. going eastward not far
from January %. 1t will be preceded
by short high temperature wave that
will cross meridian 80 about Feb 25
Two severe cold waves will cross
meridian 30 going east not far from
Feb. II and 10.
Magnetism and Weather.
In a carefully prepared article on
Problems OF the Weather" the
weather bureau officials admit the
basis Of planetary meteorology as be-
ing correct. They admit a relation be-
tween the earth's magnetism and our
weather: between the approach and
recession Of the sun and earth as
causes of the eartf1's magnetic varia-
lions; between disturbances on the
sun and variations In the earths mag
netic activity. They say that the
erath's magnetism is faithful index
to the state Of the sun, showing regu-
lar GIBBS and flows of the earth's mag
netism. They say 1t is verv important
to stud. the earth's magnetic varia-
tons. These are the basic principles
Of planetary meteorology. But these
professors are babes in the study Of
this great problem and therefore do
not include the moon and planets as
well as the earth and sun.
But they want so years in which to
make a record Of these earth magnetic
currents and sun radations ] again
submit that if the earth's magnetic
currents cause our weather changes
the records of these weather changes
are vastly better for experimental in
vestigations than the magnetic rec
ords can possibly be. Then why not
use the weather records now rather
than wait fifty years for the magnetic
records?