The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-10
WEATHER BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT.
A TROPICAL HURRICANE
Will Organize in the Southern Part
of North Atlantic-LOcal Storms
Probable from September Seven
teenth of Twentieth.

copyrighted 1911 by w. 7. FOSTER
Washington. Sept. 9LLast bulletin
gave forecasts of disturbance to
cross the continent September to
10. warm wave 8 to IL, cool wave If
TO is. This is expected to cause
great rise in temperatures with
storm forces of about medium in
tensities. Rains may be expected in
the Missouri, Arkansas, upper MIS-
sissippi and Ohio valleys. Dry in the
Atlantic and Gulf states.
The next disturbance will reach
the Pacific coast about September
IA. cross Pacific slope by close of 10,
great central valleys i6 to iS, east
ern sections 10. Warm wave will
cross the Pacific slope about Sep
Lember IA, great central valleys Is,
eastern sections Is. Cool wave will
cross the Pacific slope about Sep
TENDER H. great central valleys 10,
| eastern SeCllOllS Z1s
The five days, of which the dis
turhance dates will be central day,
Twill average cooler than usual with
strong probabilities of frosts in the
northern and middle ATTITUDES about
two days before the central day.
These frost dates will be near Sep
tember 12 in and west of Rockies, IA
in central valleys, is in eastern sec
tiCns. About, or one day preceding
the frosts, rains are expected in
MANY sections, particularly in the
! Missouri, Arkansas, upper Missis-
sippi and Ohio valleys and the lower
lakes.
Severe local storms are probable
not far from September II, and on
i September 20 a tropical hurricane
will organize in the southern part
of the north Atlantic. That hurri-
cane will develop a cold wave north
of Saskatchewan. These hurricanes
are not only important of themselves
i but doubly important for the reason
that they cause our cold waves.
have not had time to fully work out
the hurricane problem. can fore
least quite correctly the dates OF
their first developments east OF the
Caribbean sea, but their progress is
comparatively slow and they move
in long curve occupying ten &c
twenty days in passing from south
west o fthe Azores islands by way OF
the West Indies and up or off ouT
Atlantic coast. The recent hurricane
!, that did such vast damage at and
near Charleston, S. c., according u
, The relative positions of the sun
moon and planets, must have organ
, ived on August % about 1000 miles
J southeast of Charleston. 1t was moi
, discovered by Uncle Sans Weather
Bureau till, without warning, it hi
the coast of South Carolina
Oh, how slow are Uncle Sans
: watchers on the weather towers
/ Precious time is being lost because
1.-THE Weather Bureau directors re-
fuse to go forward. If progressive
are anywhere needed they surely arr
necessary in Uncle Sans Weathe
T Bureau. | can thoroughly demon
strate the causes of tropical hurrl
s canes and with the great force 0
that institution the hurricane prob
e lem could be completed and fore
D casts of great value could be mad
!. covering the hurricanes, cold wave
j. and frosts
a The United States Weather Blu
a Ireau has a number of good scient
lists but not one philosopher. 1t
e scientists are doing splendid worl
!. in making and codifying weather re
e cords, but they do not know what t
: do with those records. One by on
the real philosophers have departe
from it, and when Prof. Bigelow let
6 it the last of the weather burea
/; philosophers had departed and onl
{; scientists remained. The differenc
.:Ibetween a scientist and a philoso
: pher is not generally recognized b
4 the public. There are many scient
lists and but few philosophers. Tn
:: former record and arrange facts; tn
t letter uses these facts in order t
;; discover great principles. Scientist
h recorded the dates of the tides;
philosopher discovered, throug
: these scientific records, that tn
tides are caused by the sun and tn
r. moon. The United States Weatht
Bureau needs philosopher.
VI The Oyster Season.