The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-08-06
WEATHER BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
a THE CONTINENT.
THE NEXT DISTURBANCE
Cooler Weather Will Prevail Clear
ing Up Showers Followed by Dryer
Weather-Light Frost Will Occur
i'm Some Northern Sections.

Copyrighted 1911 by w. T. Foster.)
Washington, Aug. 5.-Last bulletin
gave forecasts of disturbance to
Gloss the continent August 10 to IA,
warm wave to i3, cool wave IL to
IL. This will bring one of the high
temperature waves of August but Of
course no one will expect as hot
weather in August as we had in
July. It will also bring an increase
III the force of storms and therefore
more severe weather than usual.
Following this storm wave and as
the cool wave comes in will prOba-
bly, come more rain than from any
other storm of The month. After that
period of showers is over, rainfall
will decrease to end of August.
But August rains will be deficient
in the northern states except i'll a
few localities. They will also be de-
flcient in that part Of the states that
lie near the Atlantic and Gulf of
Mexico coasts. The interior. parts OF
the cotton states seem to have a
promisG.of fair rains during August.
The Canadian middle northwest
spring wheat country is promised
less than usual rain for August and
September. In most parts of thai
sec Ltion sufficient moiseure is now in
the soil to make fair crops and the
deficiency of rain for August and
September will probably do nc
harm.
The next disturbance will reach
the Pacific coast about August IA,
cross Pacific slope by close of Is, the
great central valleys i6 to iS, east
ern sections 90. Warm wave will
cross the Pacific slope about Id, the
sreat central valleys i6, eastern sec
ticns f8. Cool wave will cross Pacific
slope about August II, great central
valleys 10, eastern states 81.
Cooler weather will prevail during
the five days transit of this disturb
ance and showers will be of fire.
uuent occurrence. But they will be
clearing up showers followed by
dryer weather and the storms will
be of small caliber. In northern sec
tions the temperatures will go near
the frost line as the cool wave
crosses the continent II to 81. Low
temperatures were expected with
the cool wave moving eastward Au-
gust 9 to 10 with a probability OF
light frost in some northern sec
tions.
have secured few copies of the
booklet "Long Range Forecasts"
which will be mailed free to sub
seribers of this paper on receipt OF
stamp. Address Fosters eWather
Bureau, Washington, d. G.
Many letters of inquiry have been
received from the great wheat soil
slope east of the Rockies asking
about the prospects of a wheat crop
for 1912. I have never tried to get
out such forecasts in time for fall
seeding, but will do so this year. |
am confident that such forecasts can
be worked out and that they will
prove to be good. On account OF the
dry weather of 1911 the wheat
should be sown late. From Sas-
to Texas great variety
Of conditions prevail and while some
sections will produce good wheat
this year other sections will fail.
Northern parts of that great wheat
producing 100000 square miles pro-
duces spring wheat while the south
ern and middle sections produce the
winter grain.
In that section few good crops
produce wealth and a few bad crops
poverty. If the Bible account is COR
rect the Hebrews and Egyptians in
Egypt profited by Joseph's long
range forecasts of the seven years
Of plenty followed by the seven
years of famine. What good reason
can be given why the human race
may not possess as much knowledge
and wisdom as in the DAYS of the