The Caucasian., 1913-12-07
FOSTERS BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO GROSS
THE CONTINENT
A SEVERE COLD WAVE
Winter Storms Will Pre- eoaip i'm Che
Three ViciHities Heretofore To-
cated-Variable Temperatures

copyrighted 1913 by w. u. Foster
Washington, D. c., Dec. 6.-kast
bulletin gave forecasts of disturb
ance to cross the continent-Dec. 4 to
8, warm wave 3 to 7, cool wave 6 to
10. This will be preceded by Sc
we're cold wave following which the
tendency Of temperatures will be
upward till after the middle of De-
cember. About and following De-
cember the storm forces will be
greater than usual and severe win
ter storms will prevail, particularly
in the three vicinities heretofore To-
Gated as the foci or centers around
which the most severe storms of De-
cember would gather.
Next disturbance will reach Pa
cific coast about Dec. 9, cross Pa
cific slope by close of 10, great CEN
trail valleys II to IS, eastern sections
i IA. Warm wave will cross Pacific
! slope about Dec. 9, great central
lvalleys II, eastern sections 13. Cool
| wave will cross Pacific slope about
Dec. IL, great central valleys IA,
eastern sections Is.
Higher average temperatures will
be the feature of this disturbance
The intensities Of its weather feat
ures will be about or a little above
normal and its rainfall generally be-
low normal, but specifically above in
certain loca Eties The rains and
SHOWS in December will principally
fall in the three vicinities of the De-
cember storm foci which we have
located near, Newfoundland. in nor
thern Mexico and including our
southwestern states and the Gulf of
California and near Vancouver, B. c.,
and to less degree along the lines
connecting these three foci. Not
much precipitation elsewhere.
| These foci cover large sections and
the storms of December will prin-
cipally affect eastern provinces of
Canada and the New England States,
lall Of the West Indies, Central
I lAmerica, northern portions of South
America, Mexico and our southwest
ern States, British Columbia, the
northern Rockies, Oregon, Washing
ton and northern California. The
Icentral section lies near Omaha and
that part of the country will be
comparatively free from bad storms
and will have less than usual pre-
cipitation.
Third disturbance of December
will reach Pacific coast about IS,
cross Pacific slope by close of i6,
great central valleys II to 10, east
ern sections 20. Warm wave will
| cross Pacific slope about Dec. Is,
great central valleys II, eastern sec
| tions 10. Cool wave will cross Pa
cific slope about Dec. Is, great CEN
trail valleys 20, eastern sections %.
| This will bring great high tenn
[perature wave which will be fol-
| lowed by a cold wave and thus caus-
]. ing one of those weather events in
!. which the temperatures go to great
extremes. These events are to be re-
garded with great concern. They
cause more sickness than all other
| things combined. Such weather is
the principal cause. of pneumonia
and tuberculosis. Every one should
Ibe prepared to change clothing to
suit those extreme and sudden tenn
|peratures, and just previous to them
lin the fall and winter all baths
[should be avoided except for hands,
4 face and feet. Look out for that
,, 4 warm wave and the sudden cold
, wave following.
The harvesting time is now pro-
'l crossing southwark in South Amer
) lea and we have good reason to exult
lover our success in forecasting their
|crop weather. To foreknow South
!. American crop weather is of greal
i Importance to millers, dealers, con-
sumers and producers in this coun-
: try. The South American crops
: have much to do with prices on this
continent The big spectators have
vainly bought up the news columns
of newspapers and tried to make be-
lieve that the South American crops
were ruined by drouth. We knew
that could not be true because oul
{ new moons have been down there al
the right time to make good crop
z weather.