The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-07-14
FOSTERS BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT
ONE MORE HOT WAVE
Will Be Followed by Showers and
Low Temperature-AbOut July ~
Light Frost Expected in Notrh,
but Will Do No Damage.
Copvrishted 1912 by w. I. Foster.

! copyrighted l9l2 by w. L. fOSIeI.(
Washington, July 13.-Last bulle-
lin gave forecasts of disturbance to
cross the continent July IL TO Is,
warm wave 10 to Ii, cool wave IL to
II. This will bring an end to the July
hot winds and drOuth period. | do
not mean that the drOuth will be
broken. but when the cool wave
comes in there will be no more hot
winds during this month and there
fore the evaporation and drouth will
not be so sever. One more hot wave
that will bring hot winds to some
dry sections-during the first half
| of August-and then the crops Will
not probably not again be damaged
by hot winds this season.
A hot wave about middle of Sep
1 TENDER will be quite beneficial in
maturing very late corn and late
spring wheat Some indication OF
frost in the spring wheat country
not far from September 10. Then
the warm wave following will make
the late spring wheat crop.
| Next disturbance will reach the
Pacific coast about July Is, cross the
Pacific slope by close of l6, and the
great central valleys II to 10, east
ern sections q. Warm wave will
! cross the Pacific slope about July
Is, great central valleys II, eastern
sections l9. Cool wave will cross the
Pacific slope about July IS, great
central valleys 20, eastern sec
lions %.
This disturbance will bring il
showers and low temperatures.
would not be surprised to hear Gt
liz ut frosts in northern sections not
far from July 20, although frost:
= seldom occur at that time of the
summer crop season. No damage /:
: expected by such frosts and only {
little retardation from such Excess
= lively cool weather.
Another disturbance will reacf
the Pacific coast about July q, cross
Pacific slope by close of 90. grea
central valleys % to Is, eastern sec
! tons 26. warm wave will cross the
Pacific slope about July 81, grea
: central valleys %, eastern sections
: Is. Cool wave will cross the Pacific
slope about July "a, great centra
valleys rs, eastern sections %.
This will be duplicate Of thu
preceding disturbance except tina
less rain is expected. Very coo
, weather will continue. This yer.
} cool weather is not the most favor
! able condition for growing corn
l Electric storms are expected will
: this disturbance but they can no
l now be located. An observatory re
{ cording these electric storms located
near Washington is called Chelten
: ham. The oldest of such observato
ries on this continent is located nea
Montreal, Canada. These electro
storms sometimes interfere witt
telegraphing. .-.-.
Judge C. C.. Blake of Richland
Kansas, is now publishing in bool
y fornl-about 400 pages-his system
of long range weather forecasts. w
should be pleased to know tina
Judge Blake has the generosity an,
, the money that enables him to Civ
to the world his forty years sue
: cessful experience in this line. q
course there are no perfect weathe
: forecasts, but Judge Blake has mad
: a success, not. only in forecastln
but financially. He has made fol
:. tune out of his work One item o
r his success is this: He successful
Q calculated the great and destructiv
5 drouth of 1901 and the great dealer
r and spectators in grain becam
e very much interested in his wOrl
He cleared 100000 on that season
work.
e IS 1t not time the governmen
j should open ats eyes, and ears to tn
!. serious facts relating 10 long rang
!. weather forecasting2 Our Congress
) lis paying a million and half dollar
f Ieyery year for an old, efete, ds
J erepit and unsatisfactory system {
weather forecasting and is also pay
ing out vast sums for f0recastin
the tides. But the work Of the It'd
+ forecasters is satisfactory becaus
HI it is based on planetary influence
Why does it not make one more &C
/ vance and take up with planetar
! weather forecasting.
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