The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-26
WEATHER BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT.
THE NEXT DISTURBANCE
Will Be Very Much Like the Preceding,
VIII Continue the Great High Tenn
perature Wave hut Will Be Followed
by Great Fall in Temperature.

Copyrighted 1911 by w. I. Foster)
Washington, d. c., March 25.--Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance to
cross the continent 23 to ~, warm wave
22 to 26, cool wave rs to ~. This will
be very important disturbance east of
meridian 90 1t will inaugurate a great
high temperature wave, the storms will
be unusually severe, rains will be con-
centrated and heavy at few points III
4 the March rain belt and this will be the
beginning of the breakup of the March
rainbelt heretofore described
The next disturbance will reach the
Pacific coast about March 28, cross the
Pacific slope by close of 20, great cen
tral valleys 80 to April 1, eastern sec
tions April ,. Warm wave will cross
Pacific slope about March 2S, great cen
trial valleys so, eastern sections April I.
Cool wave will cross Pacific slope about
March 81, great central valleys April 2,
eastern sections April 4.
This disturbance will be very mitch
like the preceding, will continue the
great high temperature wave, but will
be followed by great fall in tempcra
lures The long hot wave will be broken
Iup and rainfall will increase, but not in
1.-THE March rainbelt Anew rainbelt will
be established by this disturbance Less
rain in the northern states and increased
rainfall on the coasts of. the southern
states will be the rule for April and the
above described disturbance will make
the change.
Rainfall Of April will be excessive
within $50 miles of line drawn from
San Diego, southern California, through
Phoenix, Arizona, San Antonio and
Houston, Texas, New Orleans and
Tampa, Florida. Elsewhere the precipi-
tation is expected TO be below normal
Iexcept IN d few localities. Less than
normal rainfall is expected III the Sac
ramento valleys while above normal is
calculated for the Oregon and Washing
lton coasts. Cuba viii have unusually
Iheavy rains Temperatures in southern
Estates will average below normal for
April
Except III the sections of heavy rains
lin the extr6ine south, April crop wealth
Ter will be unusually favorable to plant
ling and sowing | advise farmers to
lplant and SOW deeply Let your drills
for oats, spring wheat and other sim
Iilar grains run deeper than usual; plant
Icorh and other grains deeper iii the soil
than usual. Above should be the gem
era1 rule but comparatively few looali-
ties ii will not fit. | can not describe
every locality on the continent in a gen
eral bulletin.
/ Temperatures for April wifi average
about to a little above normal in the
vicinity Of the great lakes and below
normal elsewhere in Canada and the
United States, except on Pacific coast
Rainfall OF the month will be below nor
=lnal within 500 miles Of a line drawn
from Boston to San Francisco. Else
where from about to above normal. I'M
usually cold near April 6 and 26 on me
lridian 90, drifting eastward Unusually
warm April |, II, II, 90 on meridian 90,
t drifting eastward. Severe weather near
April IS, sunspots near 80 and danger
ous disturbances IT to May 5.
SCIENCE NOTES.
It is claimed that the Japanese gov
ernnient regulates all its important
movements BY the ancient science Of
astrology. IF this be true it would be
Interesting TO know how that govern
raent calculates the best dates for max
I. ing important movements. As I am not
an astrologer can not make the caicu-
llations. But it is interesting to know
THAT the japanese is the only govern
Ifnent that has continued from ancient
times to unite astrology and the state
as some other governments unite church
and state. The japanese use astrology
las we use astronomy and their moral
teachings are related to astrology as
lours are related to religion.
The Chinese people believe in astro1-
ogy and their individual affairs are sub.
ject to astrology. much as in Christian
Icomltries the peoples affairs are affect
ed by religion. But the Chinese goverh-
merit, being Manchurian, does not re-
cogaize astrology. The people Of India
Ihays about the same relation to astrol-
logy that the Chinese do