Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-25
Rain ENOUGH
TO GO ROUND
THIS is THE GIsT OF THE Wealth
Err FORECAST FOR THE
COMING WEEK.
SHOWERS TO BE GENERAL
The Usual Variety of Warm and Cool
Waves Will Prevent Monotony
in the emperature Says
Foster.

The next disturbance to the elements
as forecasted by Foster will cross the
continent betweenAugust "a and %.
The warm wave with this disturbance
will be followed by cooler wave and
much rain may be looked for following
the cool spell, as showers are likely
to be general. September is slated
to have four general storm periods,
two of which are expected to be Sc
we're. The complete forecast follows.
Washington, D. c., Aug. 22.-Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
to cross continent "a to 2S,s warm
wave % to 27, cool wave 26 to 80.
That disturbance will cause high tenn
perature, as it progresses eastward on
all parts Of the continent and, as the
cool wave following it comes in, show
ers will be more general than usual.
All the features of this disturbance
will affect northern and southern parts
of the continent about the same time.
Small disturbances will cross con-
tinent reaching Meridian 80 about
August 81, but will be of no particu-
lar interest. First disturbance of
September, that claims particular at
tention, will reach Pacific coast about
2, cross Pacific slope by close of 8,
great central valleys to 6, eastern
states Z. Warm wave will cross Pa
cific slope about 2, great central val
leys A, eastern states 6. Cool wave
will cross Pacific slope about 5, great
central valleys 7, eastern states 8.
This disturbance will take a mid
latitude path and will be SO extensive
as to affect the whole continent dur.
ing its progressive movements. 1t
will be rather mild on the Pacific slope
but will increase in intensities till
about 10 when it will be out on the
Atlantic
The warm wave will BRING unusually
hot weather and the storms will begin
to grow fierce soon after it has crossed
to the eastward of meridian 80. A
gerat fall in temperature on meridian
80 from Sept s to ia day or two
earlier west Of that line and day or
two later east Of it-and that cool
wave will cause some frost in north.
ern sections.
September will nave four general
storm periods and number of unim
portant ones. Two severe storm,
periods will occur, one 7 to II, and
the other during the week Of which
rs will be the central ady. During
| these two severe storm periods i
Tropical Storms
VIII probably develop on southern
parts of the Atlantic. These tropical
storms are developed by planetary
forces that reach the earth through
the North Atlantic high and the trop
ical hurricanes are organized not far
from the Azore Islands, which are neal
the center of that North Atlantic high
They then move westward into and
through the Caribbean Sea, sometimes
reaching the Gulf Of Mexico. They
gradually turn toward the northeast
ward and move with the gulf stream
These tropical storms cause fros
wave out in Western Canada about
or northwest of Manitoba.
l am expecting two tropical hurri
canes of moderate force in September
and consequently two frost cool waves
to come from the northwest These
| frost waves moving eastward are ex
pected to reach meridian 80, not ia,
! from September 10 and 23.
Both the tropical hurricanes and the
| frost waves are expected to be of me
dunn force and therefore | would MOI
predict serious damags, but the dates
will be of some interest because Of the
predicted hurricanes and the moderate
| frosts