The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-13
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT.
THE NEXT DISTURBANCE
Will BE Of Little Imp0rtance-Warm
Wave from Fourteen TO Eighteen
Cool Wave Seventeen to Twenty
one-Rainfall Will Be Light.


Washington, Aug. l2.--Last bulle-
tin gave forecasts of disturbance to
cross the continent August 10 to ~,
warm wave IA to i8, cool wave IL to
2i. This will have most force west
OF meridian 80 and will decline Gs it
progresses eastward. Its tempera-
lures will average lower than usual
and rainfall will be light. Altogether
this disturbance will be of little inn
portance.
The next disturbance will reach
the Pacific coast about August 19,
cross the Pacific slope by close of 70,
great central valleys 2l to %, east
ern sections "a. Warm wave will
cross Pacific slope about August t9,
great central valleys q, eastern Sec
tons %. Cool wave will cross Paci-
fic slope about August %, great CEN
trail valleys "a, eastern sections 26.
This disturbance will cause great
rise in temperatures and greater
force will develop in the storms. Not
much rain except in few limited
localities. A great fall in tempera-
lures at the close of this disturbance
will cause light frosts in some
northern sections and heavier frosts
| farther north.
/ Many localities of the winter
wheat sections will be too dry for
fall sowing. This will probably
be of no serious damage to the crop
las late sowing sometimes prevents
damage by insects. Sowing on dry
soil causes a very uneven crop; part
lof the wheat gets an early and rank
Igrowth to the detriment to that
(which comes up later. By waiting
It'll the soil is in good condition the
lerop will all come together. In large
lparts Of the winter wheat section
the soil will be dry till October rains
come and my advice is to sow late
!. lBy first week in Octobed will have
my calculations made for genera
erop weather conditions in 1912.
In the great plains sections of th'
UNITED States not more than one hal
the years bring good winter whea
Icrops and | am Of the poinion tha
sslit will pay farmers to be guided b,
Imy calculations. | may miss
sometimes but in the long run
Twill pay to follow my advice. Tn
4 time will come soon when such fore
II casts will be absolutely reliable. Tn
\ difficulty now most detrimental
\ that the weather records of thos
3 sections are defective and a fe'
r more years of good records will re
y lmedy the difficulty and give reliabl
y forecasts,
AL We already have good records fc
most of the country lying east
1.-THE plains states. In many parts {
Europe good records of tempers
lures and rainfall have been keI
for nearly a hundred years. Canac
has some good records that ha,
been hid away, neglected, dust COZ
cred. Any vicinity that has eve
one good record is more fortuna
than if it had gold mine. | kno
that good long records of daily ten
8 peratures and rainfallar the mo
4 valuable property country CT
i6 possess and this vii soon be demol
strated to the satisfaction of all.
All meteorological records shou
Is be based on effects. that is, rain ia
temperatures, wind, forse and e
"a But q record of any thing that mi
- occur on the sun or on any parts
'o2 the planets or in reference to t
"a distant stars can be of no utility
= earth. The record made on o
m 70 earth by any outside influence
% valuable because we must know t
future by the past.