The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-09-28
FOSTERS BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT
THE OCTOBER RAINS
Are Expected to Concentrate on
the Pacific Slope With Some
Heavy Rains Along the Gulf Coast.

copyrighted 1913 by W. I. Foster.}
WASHINGTON, u. G.. Sept. 21.-Last
bulletin gave forecasts OF disturb
ances to cross the continent Sept.
26 to 80 and October ? to s, warm
waves Sept. 25 to 20 and Oct. 1 to .,
cool waves Sept. p to Oct 2 and
Oct. to 8. These disturbances COW
ering about ten days will bring
higher temperatures than usual and
about normal precipitation. Storm
forces will be greater than usual
Sept. q to Oct. 5, with probability
Of a gulf storm first days Of October.
Next disturbance will reach the
Pacific coast about Oct. 8, cross Pa
cifo slope BY close Of 8, great cen
trail valleys 40 to II, eastern sec
tions 13. Warm wave will cross the
Pacific slope about Oct. 8, great cen
trail valleys 40. eastern sections ~.
Cool wave will cross Pacific slope
about Oct. II, great central valleys
l3. eastern sections 10.
This disturbance will be a tame
storm till it reaches eastern sections
and then it will develop a radical
intensity and rough weather may be
expected. Temperatures Of the five
days centering on date the warm
wave reaches your sections Will aN-
erage about or a little below nor
NAL and precipitation will, in gen
eral sense, be about normal.
The principal rains Of October
are expected to concentrate on the
Pacific slope and there are some in
dications Of sudden dOWnpOurs that
will cause dangerous floods. We can
not definitely locate these heavy
! rains. Their locations will depend
on the paths Of the lows or storm
centers, but wherever freshets or
sudden floods sometimes do damage
on the Pacific coast and Pacific slope
we advise to be on the alert and be
prepared for them. They will strike
the Washington or Oregon coasts.
Some heavy rains in October are
also expected along the gulf coast
and generally where the recent
| drouth was most severe. The points
of evaporation for October seem to
be located in the Caribbean Sea, the
Gulf Of Mexico and Behring Sea
The Pacific slope will set its mols-
ture from, the latter and east Of the
Rockies from the former. Between
the Gulf Of Mexico and Behring Sea
the evaporation will be great and
places that do not get the heavy
rains will lose what moisture they
have. In the northeastern sections
not much rain is expected.
The storms Of 1914 will be fully
as severe and dangerous as We're
those of 1918. One Of the greatest
storm periods Of recent times vii
include parts Of April and May 1914
and it seems to include the gull
coast and the great central valleys
A great electrical storm will occur
within 24 hours Of May (. It is 9
matter Of regret that we can not
now more definitely locate these
] awful storms and give more Of the
details. The only reason why We
can not do this is the great expense
/ loI IN
/ problems. We surely know all tht
causes, and when scientists more
generally direct their Investigations
to the planetary causes, instead o.
trying to dig into the interior Of tn
sun in the hope Of finding something
there that will explain it all, ther
we may know in advance not Onl,
the time and force Of these destruc-
tive storms but their locations.
i We have mentioned the danger
Gus storms that are sure to come
in April and May III order to give
!, timely warning and will give all tht
information about them that is pos
sible We are eXpendlng all the
money We can set in trying to Worl
ou~-these important weather prob
lens, and the results will be glvei
to the public through the 200 news
papers that are publishing and aid.
; ing this work.
:, We have been advising the friend
of our work that the Chicago mar
ket values Of December corn an(
wheat We're too close together an
/ therefore it would pay to buy De.
cember wheat and sell Decembe
corn. The newspapers now say ina
much wheat is being fed on accoun
Of the relative cheapness Of Whea
and the high price Of corn. We saw
!, that point some time ago and thos
y who bought wheat and sold corr
! now have good profits.