The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-01-30
WEATHER BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT.
FEBRUARY TEMPERATURES
There Will Be Severe Winter Storms
East of Meridian Ninety-A Drouth
Will Prevail in Florida, Lower Mis-
>~-As~
sissippi Valley, Texas and in Cuba.

copyrighted 1910 by w. I. Foster)
Washington, D. C., Jan. 2o-Last bull
letin gave forecasts of disturbance to
cross the continent 28 to February l,
warm wave II to 81, cool wave 80 to
February 8. This disturbance was eX-
pected to bring lower than usual temper
atures as an average of the week center
ing on January 80. A cold wave will
follow the moderate warm wave with
rains and SHOWS occarding to latitude.
In most parts of the country this storm
will cause unusually bad, disagreeable
weather. Next disturbance will reach
the Pacific coast about February a, cross
Pacific slope by close of 5, great central
valleys to 8, eastern provinces and
northeastern states 9. Warm wave will
cross Pacific slope about 4, great central
valleys E, eastern provinces and north
eastern states 8. Cool wave will cross
Pacific slope about z, great central val
leys 9, eastern provinces and northeast
ern states II.
The low or storm center of this dis
turbance will pass eastward by way of
Vancouver, Salt Lake, Denver, St.
Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburg and Bidde-
ford, Maine. The cold wave will be
nearly north little west of the storm
center an dwill pass eastward by way
of northern British Columbia Manitoba,
North Dakota, Toledo, Pittsburg and
the northeastern states and eastern prov
inces.
This will be a severe winter storm
with more than usual amount of rain
east of meridian ninety. The cold wave
will be severe within 900 miles of the
line of eastward drift desgnated above.
The weather features of this storm viii
not be the most radical of the month,
but will be of greater than usual inten-
sity.
| expect temperatures Of February to
average above normal in the states east
of Rockies and below on the Pacific
slope. temperatures in Canada east of
the Rockies will be about normal and
west of Rockies below normal Rainfall
will be above normal in February within
500 miles of line drawn from Dayton,
Ohio, to Ottawa, Canada Elsewhere it
will be less than usual. A drouth will
prevail in Florida, lower Mississippi val
ley, Texas and Cuba The most severe
cold waves of the month will cross me
ridian 90 about February and 27. The
highest temperature will cross meridian
90 not far from 7, 10, rs.
Temperatures of February will go up
from / to rs much more than the season
would seem to indicate They will be
much below normal first of month and
much above normal for the weeks CEN
tering on II and "a These dates must
be applied 70 meridian 90, counting one
to three days earlier for west of that
line and as much later for east of it.
FORESTS AND RAINFALL.
This is one of the most important
questions of our time. The people of
all nations have long been convinced
that the forests do affect rainfall, and
this country was almost unanimously of
that opinion till Chief Moore of the
Weather Bureau and Prof Cleveland
Able, the originator of the Weather Bu-
reau, took the negative side Of the ques-
ton. President Roosevelt, through his
chief forester, Pinchot, whom he enthu-
siastically supported, was very positive
on the affirmative side Of this issue. It
is Of such great importance that | must
discuss the question through these bull
letins.