The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-19
WEATHER BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT.
THE NEXT DISTURBANCE
4 Change from Spring 10 Winter VIII
Follow Several Warm. Waves That
Will Have Started Vegetation and
VIII Injure Fruits aud Vegetables.

Copyrighted 1911 BY ~ T. Foster.)
Washington, Feb 18.-Last bulletin
goce forecasts Of disturbance to cross
the continent e. to 20, warm wave Fl
to 25 cool wave "a 10 2s, The feature
Of this disturbance will be to change the
weather from spring to winter. It will
follow several warm waves that will
have started vegetation and the down.
ward temperature following this dis
turbance. will injure fruit in southern
latitudes and be damaging to winter
grain further north
The next disturbance will reach fa-
cifc coast about ~, cross Pacific slope
by close Of 28. central valleys March I
to 81 eastern sections 4 Warm wave
viii cross Pacihc slope about February
~. great central valleys March i, east
ern sections 5. Cool wave will cross the
Pacific slope about March 2, great cen
tral valleys 4. eastern sections 6.
This disturbance will belong to a cold
period, will be preceded and followed by
cold waves and the temperatures Of the
week centering on March will average
much below normal. The storms will
be of the winter kind and severe. Not
good weather for winter grain north of
latitude 50. as there will be too much
of freezing and thawiilg
Predictions were that the most rain7
fall would be ii Ohio valleys and east
ward to Philadelphia for January and
for February further nortfeastWard and
iii southern Texas. Up to February 7
this rain forecast has proven good. For
March IeSpect heavy rains n fl1e states
nortf Of latitude s6 and rather dry ID
Canada and the southern states. More
particulars about Match crop weather
III next bulletin Indications are for e0-
eessive temperatures for March n the
southern states and colder than usual
north Of latitude So
Santa Clara College IS near San Fran
cisco, and among is many educational
facilities IS All astronomical observatory
that is leading out into the domain Of
discovery, especially as to snnspots and
their relations to our weather. Prof. S.
]. Ricard is in charge Of that observa-
tory and has made some wonderful
discoveries, all Of which he has pub
fisfled Other observatories that have
been endowed with great sums Of
money are discovering worlds FIVE tril-
lion miles away, while Prof Ricard has
been looking into the nature of sunspots
and their effects on our weather
Among Father Ricard's discoveries are
the following When solar disturbance
spot alone, faculae alone. spots and
faerlae combined approach the west
ern limb of the sun, within an average
of three days an atmospheric disturb
ance, the so-called low, reaches the Pa
eife coast. This IS ali irvariable fact.
His second determination is this ]:
When the solar disturbance disappears
at the western limb Of the sun. the low,
or storm center, is crossing over the
Rockies and the high. cool wave, pushes
forward from behind. On al average
the low stays three days on the coast
The general direction Of high and low
movements is eastward
Third feature IS Sometimes a solar
disturbance comedies with three sue
cessive lowsN on this continent, with
.snlail breaks Or no breaks at all between
the lows, IL this order. When the solar
disturbance reaches the eastern limb 81
the sun d low reaches the Pacific coast.
When the solar disturbance reaches the
central meridian of the sun another low
reaches the Pacific coast When the so
lar disturbance IS within three days q
the sans western limb the third low en-
tiers tie Pacific coast
Fourth A disturbance on the suns
northern hemisphere causes weather
disturbance south of latitude 81 tbs
slln disturbance IS or its southern henli-
sphere earth disturbances vii appear Ii
our great northwest A disturbances
near tIae sims equator is sure to CORE
spond with q disturbance on our central
California coast This IS all in accorc
with electro ma gnetisns polarity. etc.
Fifth Hartliq takes occur somewhere
along The great rift or fault lines Of tbs
earth when solar disturbance crosse:
the central meridian Of the sun, an6
this tao IS III accord with electro naag-
netisn