The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-06-23
FOSTERS BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT
THE NEXT DISTURBANCE
A COnsiderate Temperature Is
Promised Feature of the Week.
Lack of &ain in Large trraS--A
Great Hot Wave July to lj.

copyrighted 1912 by W. T. Foster.
Washington June 22.-Last bulIe-
tin gave forecasts of disturbance to
cross the continent June p. to 29,
warm wave "a to %, cool wave June
q to July 1. One interesting feature
of this will be the very cool wealth
er during that week: another vii! be
lack of rain in large parts of the
country. Much uneasiness may be-
Xpected about that time because of
deterioration in condition of the
crops, but most damage is TO be
feared during July and August
A great hot wave is expected to
cross the continent between July 1
and Is. During that two weeks l.
will be generally hot and dry in
large sections of the country and
crop. damages will be greater than
usual. Symptoms of this drOuth ap-
yreared in the southwest in May AMI
June and are expected to drift east
ward in July Excessively hot is eX-
pected in parts of the great central
valleys. in parts of New England and
Ntw York, farther south in the At
lantic states, in large sections Of the
interior cotton states and in the gulf
coast sections.
The most destructive drOuth is
expected in August, not general but
in such large sections that | am ad-
vising friends of my weather work
to sell no grain or cotton. 1t is not
popular to make such forecasts but
it is best to know what is coming
and prepare for it. l have nothing
invested in grain or cotton. These
calculations are based on weather
records covering about eighty years
and simple arithmetieal calculation.
am not believer in weather fore
casts not based on the records.
Hicks makes some fair forecasts,
but as he does not use weather re-
ports of the past he seldom tries
10 locate weather events.
/ These bulletins are the only long
range FORECASTS that definitely To-
cate weather events and are the on
ly forecasts based on weather rec
ords. The people should demand Of
all forecasters that they say where
the weather events forecasted are
expected to occur. Forecasts that do
not apply to sections are useless.
The next disturbance will reach
the Pacific soast about June 80,
cross Pacific slope by close Of July
1, great central valleys July to 4,
eastern sections 5. Warm wave will
cross Pacific slope about June 80,
great central valleys July 2. eastern
sections July 4. Cool wave will cross
Pacific slope about July 3, great
central valleys ), eastern sections 7.
!. For that week dry weather will
prevail while the temperature as a
general average will be climbing
higher. This will be a severe ordeal
for growing crops and fortunate will
be those localities that get good
showers during that week.
The first week in July will bring
excellent weather for harvesting
winter wheat and for threshing in
the field. This good weather should
be'utilized in those sections included
between ATTITUDES 35 and 10. Fol
lowing July 10 will not be such
splendid harvesting weather in the
mid-latitude sections.
AS | have finally secured the data
for more thoroughly working out
system of forecasting sun spots, T
will probably not make any more
sun spot forecasts till through with
the investigations. AS many ortho-
dox scientists believe that sun spots
cause our weather changes, I ex-
pect to demonstrate to them that
sun spots can be correctly forecast
ed and their locations on the sun
foretold. Then if they are correct in
saying that sun spots cause our
weather changes and if am correct
in saying that sun spots can be fore
told there will be great possibility
of perfeeting system of forecast
ing our weather by using records of
sun spots which we now have from
f749 to date.
But / have not stated that sun
spots cause our weather changes. |
have said that there is a relation
between sun spots and our weather
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