The Caucasian., 1913-05-25
FOSTERS BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT
THE NEXT DISTURBANCE:
From May q to 81 Severe Storms
Are Expected i'm the Great Central
Valleys = Temperatures Will Av-
erage Lower Than Usual.


copyrighted 1913 by w. T. Foster)
Washington, May 24.-Last bulle-
tin gave forecasts of disturbance to
cross the continent May 25 to 29,
warm wave "a to %, cool wave 27 to
81. Preceding this disturbance a
frost wave was predicted to cross
the continent carrying frosts far
ther south than usual, after which
the temperature trend will b|up-
ward. For May 9 to i3 we predicted
severe weather for the vicinity OF
the great lakes. May II several peo-
pie were killed in Oklahoma and the
U. S. Weather Bureau put out its
storm warnings for the great lakes.
The next disturbance will reach
the Pacific coast about May %, cross
Pacific slope by close of 29, great
central valleys 80 to June 4, eastern
sections June 2. Warm wave will
cross Pacific slope about May %, the
great central valleys 80, eastern Sec
tons June 1. Cool wave will cross
Pacific slope about May 81, great
ceQtral valleys June 2, eastern sec
ti6hs June 4.
Temperatures of the five days
centering on the day this disturb
ance reaches your vicinity will av-
erage lower than usual and will
bring crop weather not of the best
quality. Some local showers are ex-
pected May "a to 81 and a few local
tiles will get good rains but as a
general average the moisture will
be less than usual, crop weather
rather unfavorable and on the side
of higher prices for cotton and
grain.
About May "a the cool wave is ex-
pected to be near meridian 80, line
running north from New Orleans
through st. Louis, a little east OF
Duluth and through Canada. One
low will be near the Pacific coast
and another near the Atlantic coast
Just then the storm forces are ex-
pected to largely increase, the two
lows become severe storms and the
high increase the cold and danger
Of frosts in northern parts of the
great central valleys. We would
hang out storm warnings on both
coasts and the lower lakes for May
% to 25.
From May q to.3i severe storms
are expected in the great central
valleys, particularly in the middle
Mississippi valleys. They are not ex-
pected to be so destructive as the
storms of the past few months, but
no risks should be taken.
East of the Rockies June will be
cooler than usual in the southwest
about normal in northwest anG
warmer than usual east of merid-
ian 90. Probably warmer than usual
on Pacific coast.
June rainfall will be greater last
part of month than first part; less
than usual in Ohio valleys and il
southern states: elsewhere about
normal rain. Up to June Is droutl
in large sections will injure crops;
following June Is fair rains may be
expected in most places. Severe
storms are expected near June 5 tC
9. In later bulletins we will en-
deavor to locate the severe storms
Recent developments indicate thai
we will have access to all the U. S
Weather Bureau records and we dc
not now anticipate anything but faiI
treatment from that institution. In
dications are that the new Secretary
of Agriculture, Hon. David F. Hous-
ton, would not permit such an in
justice as was permitted by his pre-
decessor. The making of weather
records by the U. S. Weather Bu-
reau will some time be recognized
as its most valuable work durint
the past forty-two years and all III
vestigators should have access ti
the records under reasonable rules