The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-14
WEATHER BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT.
THE NEXT DISTURBANCE
There Will Be Excessive Rains from
Burlington, Iowa, to New Orleans.
Drouth in Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia,
Alabama, Florida and Cuba.

copyrighted 1910 by W. 7. Foster.)
Washington, D. C., Aug. I3.-La5t
bulletin gave forecasts Of disturbance to
cross the continent II to 10, warm wave
II to IS, cool wave IA to I8. The inter
esting feature of this disturbance will be
great hot wave over all the country,
drouth in the Ohio valleys, excessive
rains from Burlington, Iowa, to New
Orleans, from St. Joseph, Mo, to St,
Louis, from Montreal and Biddeford,
Maine, along the Atlantic coasts to
Charleston, S. c., with showers and dry
spots interspersed throughout the mid
die and western Canada
Cotton will suffer from drouth in
Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama,
Florida and Cuba, while these rains are
falling as above mentioned during the
week centering on August IA. Near
lower Missouri and middle Mississippi
valleys the corn crop win be greatly
benefited, but in parts of Kansas, Ne
braska, the Ihio valleys, it will be Sc
riously damaged Late and far north
spring wheat will hold its own fairly
we'll
The fourth disturbance of August will
reach the Pacific coast about II, cross
Pacific slope by close of IS, great cen
tral valleys 70 to Fl, eastern sections 22.
Warm wave will cross Pacific slope
about ", great central valleys 70, east
ern sections Fl. Cool wave will cross
Pacific slope about 90 great central val
leys, p, eastern sections "a
The salient features of this disturb
ance will be dry weather and moderate
temperatures. While only few show
ers are expected, the moderate tempera
tures will not be favorable to .evapora-
tion, and therefore where showers oc-
Cured the week previous good crop.
weather viii prevail, but where it was
dry the previous week, the drouth Of
this storm will hurt growing crops.
On the Pacific slope this disturbance
will cause severe storms about August
y, and at the same time, the previous
disturbance will be causing severe
storms on the Atlantic. coast.
The fifth disturbance Of August will
reach the Pacific coast about 23, cross
the Pacific slope by close of "a great
central valleys IS to 27, eastern sections
28. Warm wave will cross Pacific slope
about 20, great central valleys Is, east
srn sections ~. Cool wave will cross
Pacific slope about 26, great central val
'eys 2S, eastern sections go
All features of this disturbance will
,e more radical than the one preceding.
Severe weather will visit many local.
les, rainfall will be greater where |
nave predicted an excess of rain for
he month, and drouth will be more Sc
ere where 5 have predicted drouth for !
august
am now working on temperatures
md rainfall for 1911 ard will soon have
hem completed. Heretofore I have
worked under such disadvantages as
orevented me from getting the weather
worked out a full year in advance, but
hope soon to be able to keep it worked |
lp fully three years in advance This
viii enable me to announce, through |
he press, some features of the crop
and to estimate the amounts
# crop products from one to three years
. advance.