The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-02-16
FOSTERS BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT
THE next DISTURBANCE
Great Fall in Temperature Febru-
ary II to 2IDangerOus Storms
February 20 to 2S-VOyages on At
lantic Coast Should Be Avoided.

copyrighted 1913 by w. L. Foster.)
Washington, d. c., Feb. 15.-Last
bulletin gaze forecasts OF disturb
ances to cross the continent Feb. IA
to iS and i9 to %, warm waves i3 TO
II and 18 to %, cool waves 16 to Il
and 81 to 25. First part OF this ~
days will bring marked warm
wave and the last part a decided
cold wave. Great fall in tempera-
lures Feb. II to 25. Most rain or
snow Is to 19. Somewhat stormy
but no dangerous storms before
Feb. 18 or 10. Then a period OF re-
markable winter storms from near
20 to 20. But this will not bring as
severe storms as occurred first ralf
Of January.
Next disturbance will reach the
Pacific coast about Feb. "a, cross
Pacific slope by close of 25, great
central valleys 26 to %, eastern sec
tiOns March 1. Warm wave VIII
cross Pacific slope about Feb. "a,
great central valleys 26, eastern sec
tions %. Cool wave will cross Pa
cific slope about Feb. q, great CEN
trail valleys March 1, and eastern
sections March 3.
This will be cold period and one
of the best ice making dates of the
winter in northern sections. Not
much rain or snow but the pre-
cipitation will occur in the wave
that will drift across the continent
|22 to 26.
We are still warning all to avoid
the dangerous storms expected Feb.
20 to %. Voyages on the Atlantic
coast should be avoided. We hope
soon to be able to more definitely
locate these draded and dangerous
freaks Of nature. A
Our expected cold wave for Jan.
25 to 20 came later than forecasted,
but it was a good one and made
some of the ice men happy.
We have just published the frs
of a series of scientific papers ex-
planning the causes of our weather
changes. 1t is hoped that every one
interested in weather forecasts will
secure and keep copy of this in
teresting article, and if your paper
has not published it, send &c stamp
to Fosters Weather Bureau, Wash
ington, d. c., and copy will be
mailed to you free.
The 1913 crops will depend large
ly on the moisture in the soil when
the spring crop weather comes in.
If the soil is dry at planting ana
sowing time and is followed by dry
weather the prospect will be bad.
But with the soil we'll soaked with
water at planting time most soils
can withstand the April and May
drouth. Inanorthern sections where
the soil was well wet when frozen
last fall the farmer has treasure
to start with.
But in large sections March prom
ises to be dry; particularly in the
middle and upper Mississippi val
leys, the Ohio valleys and the upper
Missouri valleys the prospect for
March moisture is not good, while
in some other sections too much
precipitation is expected and the
sowing and planting in March ought
to be for wet weather.
Much better crops can be made if
planting and sowing is done to suit
coming moisture conditions. In case
of dry Aprils and Mays the early
maturing crops should be put in
very early and the late maturing
crops very late. Drouths in April
and May are often followed by
abundant rains in June and July.
Oats that fail in the April and May
drouths would make good crops as
rule if sown six weeks later so as
to get the benefit of the June and
July rains.
It is believed that late sown
spring wheat would make good
crops if sown late in the plains
States when the drouths occur in
April and May and the rains come
in June and July.