The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-04-28
BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT
GOOD CROP WEATHER
A Large Part of the Continent Has
Sufficient Moisture at This Time
Warmer Temperatures.

Copyrighted 1912 by w. T. FOSTER.
Washington, d. c., April 27.-Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturb
ance to cross continent April 2S to
May, warm wave 81 to May 1, cool
wave 80 to May 4. The period COW
cred by this disturbance is expected
to be warmer than usual with less
than usual rain. Where there is
sufficient moisture already in the
soil excellent crop weather will
prevail but where The moisture is
already deficient the storm wave
will bring a drouth scare. A large
part of the continent has sufficient
moisture at this time.
Next disturbance will reach the
Pacific coast about May 2, Cross Pa
cific slope by close of 3, great cen
tral valleys 4 to 6, eastern sections
7. Warm wave will cross Pacific
slope about May 2, great central
valleys 4, eastern sections 6. Cool
wave will cross Pacific slope about
May 5. great central valleys 7, east
ern sections 9.
This disturbance will bring the
climax, the top wave, the apex, the
crest of hot weather and its follow
ing cool wave will bring a titantic
temperature wave downward. But
while great drop in temperature
will occur, frosts are not expect
ed much south of the usual frost
line. Rainfall will continue below
the usual amount and uneasiness
as to drouth in some sections will
increase.
Second disturbance of May will
reach Pacific coast about May 7,
cross Pacific slope by close of 8,
great central valleys 9 to ii, eastern
sections IL. Warm wave will cross
Pacific slope about May Z, great
central valleys 9, eastern sections
IL. Cool wave will cross Pacific
slope about May 10, great central
valleys IL, eastern sections IA.
The warm wave of this disturb
ance will not go so high as the pre-
ceding cool wave and frosts will
go farther south than usual. Some
rains will accompany the disturb
ance and some of the dry places
will be partially relieved. The
drouth scare will also be partially
relieved.
Following this disturbance a
week of severe storms is expected
and the remainder of May will aver
age unusually cool. Rainfall will
gradually increase along latitude 38
to 40 and on coast sections of the
Gulf of Mexico.
Form May % to June will be a
.sunspot period, the spots, both
bright and dark, appearing near the
central parts of the sun and drift
ing westward or to the right. Coin
eident with this sunspot period tor
nadees and other severe storms are
expected on many parts of the
earth, and from May 80 to June 4
an electrical disturbance is expect
ed that will interfere with tele-
graph, telephone and wireless mes
sages.
Three or four months ago these
bulletins informed the public that
winter grain would be much dam
aged by severe winter weather and
that the extent of the damage would
not be realized until last part of
April. That kind of information is
very valuable to grain dealers, to
millers who must buy their grain
long in advance and particularly to
those who must buy for consump-
ton.
Many valuable things about future
weather and its effects may be
known wherever long records of the
daily temperatures, rainfall, storms,
frosts, cold waves, etc., have been
recorded and preserved. But the
United States authorities are doing
nothing to put the old records into
usable shapes. They do not seem to
know the value of these old records
nor care for them. Our congressman
should look into this matter.