The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-26
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT.
THE NEXT DISTURBANCE
Warmer and Threatening from Decem-
Der Twenty eight to Thirty -one-Jan-
uary Will Average Warmer than
Usual-The Comet

copyrighted 1909 by w. |. Foster.
Washington, D. c.. Dec 25.--Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
to cross the continent 27 to 81, warm
wave 26 to 80, cool wave 20 to Janu
airy 2. The feature of that disturbance
will be the recovery from the cold wave
expected to reach meridian 90 not far
from December 25. Warmer and
threatening weather 28 to 81.
Next disturbance, on its journey east
ward, will reach Pacific coast about 81,
cross Pacific slope by close of January
I, great central valleys to 4, north
eastern states and provinces s. Warm
wave will cross Pacific slope about 81,
great central valleys January 2, east
ern provinces and northeastern states
January A. Cool wave will cross Pacific
slope about January 4, great central val
leys 6, eastern states and provinces 8.
This disturbance will bring about nor
NAL temperatures with the winter
storms more severe than the average.
The cool wave will be cold wave
which means a drop i'll temperatures of
at least 20 degrees to freezing within "a
hours Some rain or snow may be eX-
pected as that cold wave comes in.
Relatively it will be colder in the south
ern than in the northern states. The
storm wave will pass across northern
sections and the cool wave across the
southern parts.
January will average warmer than
usual. About middle of the month a
great high temperature wave and thaw
will cross the continent. Rainfall and
snow will be deficient first half of the
month and rain wall be excessive last
half of the month. Most rain of the
month will fall in the great central val
leys of the states, including the Ohio
valleys, and least rain and snow will
| fall in Canada.
Cold waves which reach far south.
ward not far from January 6 and ~
and most severe storms will come not
far from January 10.
THE COMET.
People should not worry about any.
thing. Worry never brings relief. If
thought my readers were SO lacking il
philosophy as to get scared about the
comet | would not write about it. Blu
the comet is intruding itself into notice
and we must meet the ordeal bravely
and not show cowardice.
That long range visitor will come un
comfortably close to our little eartl
next April, May and June if our astron
omers have made no mistake. Early ii
the mornings of April it will make it
appearance in the northwest with it!
| tail streaming upward and to the right
] Rapidly its brightness will increase fot
it will be coming toward the earth will
all the appearance Of a head-on coll1s
ion The fact is that the astronomer
are a little puzzled about the comet
| lhey are not aDle 10 exdClly loedte IL
path and a very small error nigh
bring it so close as to cause alarm.
1t is believed that if our earth and tht
comet were timed to arrive at the cross
ing. eight days earlier there would sur
be collision, and while none shoult
have fear of any casualty, the event viii
be of such intense interest that all othei
news items will be wholly obscured
These bulletins will give all the come
news while the astronomers will not
They are afraid of soaring some one.