Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-07
AS TO FROST WARNINGS
National Weather Bureau Will Take
Hand in Warning Citizens of
Weather Conditions.

Weather Conditions.
During the monthhs of April and
May when frost may be expected in
the Portland. Ore, forecast district
comprising the states of Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, the chief of
the Weather Bureau, Professor Will
lis L. Moore, has arranged to have
in seven localities trained men on the
ground prepared 20 amplify the dis
trict warnings by notifying fruit
raisers just what minimum tempera-
lures may be expected on frosty
mornings. This it is believed can
be done within a degree or two if
verified by the temperatures OBJ
tanned at our key stations literally
distributed in these sections. The
fruit raiser should know how the
temperature in his orchard varies
from the temperature at the nearest
key station, and thus be able to
determine very closely just what to
expect in the way of frost at his
place when warnings of frost are
issued.
The names of the localities where
Professor Moore has arranged for
this service and the assistants desig-
mated for handling the local end of
the work are as follows.
Rogue River Valley (Ashland to
Grants Pass) Medford, Ore; Pro-
fessor P. J. O'Gara.
Hood River Valley (entire Valley
Hood, River, Ore; Professor w.
H. Lawrence.
Yakima Valley CNaches to Pasco)
North Yakima, Wash; T. R. Reed.
Wenatchee Valley (Leavenworth
to Wenatchee) -Wenatchee, Wash;
r. NJ. Hardinge.
Puyallup-Stuck Valleys (Kent to
Orting) Seattle, Wash; G. N. Sails
bury.
Lewiston-Clarkston District-Lew-
1St0n, 1dahO; W. w. IhOmaS.
Boise District (Weiser to Boise)-
Boise, Idaho; E. L. Wells.
Fruit raisers are invited to call or
correspond with these men for fur
ther information. They can also call
upon them to compare their ther-
mometers if in doubt regarding their
accuracy at temperatures near the
frost mark.
In other sections warnings will be
issued as heretofore, being classified
as light or heavy according to the
general meteorological conditions pre-
vailing at the time. When light
frost is predicted it means a frost
with no destructive effects except to
tender plants and vines in exposed
places. When a heavy frost is pre-
dicted the conditions are such as to
lead to the belief that staple prod
ucts will be injured.
The recipients Of these warnings
should distinguish between the two
classes, the light frost warnings be-
ing issued when it is expected that
fruit will not be injured, but as q
possible forerunner of heavy frost
and also for the benefit of those hav-
ing. crops in low places where frosts
occur with greater severity and with
more frequency than commonly ex-
perienced in the neighborhood
When warnings of heavy frosts are
issued damaging temperatures are
expected to be general, and all those
prepared to protect their crops
should be on the alert for them.
In country with topography sc
diversified as that in the north Pa.
cific states much will have to be left
to the individual fruit raiser In
places where the work has not been
localized, and every warning, wheth.
er of light or heavy frost, will most
likely need some amplification by
the man on the ground.
Very respectfully,
EDWARD A. BEALS,
District Forecaster.