Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-01-20
FOSTERS WEATHER BULLETIN

Washington, Jan. 1S.-(Copyrighted
1913, by w. T. Foster.) Last bulletin
gave forecasts of disturbance to cross
continent January 10 to 20, warm wave
is to %, cool wave u to 20. This will
be radical disturbance from Pacific
to the Atlantic, but is not expected
to be so destructive as were the storms
of first week of this month. In the
bulletin of December q warning was
given of the severe storms and biz
yards to occur first part of January
and no one was so well prepared for
them as were those who read those
bulletins.
In that bulletin was also given a
description of the influences of the
planet Venus in causing cold waves,
billiards and frosts. AL orthodox
scientists know that Venus affects our
tides; they suspect that it affects our
weather, but they do not know how to
work out the problem and what they
can not do they deny the ability Of
others to accomplish.
Next disturbance will reach Pacific
coast about January "A, cross Pacific
slope by close OF %, great central val
Ileys 26 to 2S, eastern sections 20.
Warm wave viii cross Pacific slope
about January a. great central val
Ileys 26, eastern sections 28. Cool wave
win cross Pacific slope about January
27, great central valleys 20, eastern
sections 81.
On the Pacific ocean and the Pa
cifc slope this disturbance will be Of
more than usual force, but not very
dangerous. 1t will become more mild
as it progresses eastward and in east
ern sections will be only a moderate
storm. Most rain or snow will fall
east of meridian 50 as this disturb
ance moves eastward.
February promises most precipita-
ton from vicinity of New Orleans to
vicinity of Galveston and Houston,
within $50 miles of Kansas City, on
Carolina coast and in eastern sec
tons about and north of Washington,
d. C. Elsewhere the precipitation will
be from about to much below the
usual February average which we call
the normal March will be warmer
than usual and precipitation very
much the same as in February. The
February thaw is expected to 10,
followed by freeze.
Indications are that grain and cot
ton dealers have some serious prob
lens before them in reference to the
1913 markets The crop weather con-
ditions will have large coatrol over
prices and probabilities are that the
conditions will be more varied and
difficult to follow than usual. AS our
government seems determined to
break down the manipulations of the
markets We may hope that crop
weather will be restored to its nat
ural influence on the markets. With
the pernicious influence Of big specu-
lators in controlling the markets
checked a knowledge of future crop
weather will become more valuable.
In October these bulletins stated
that following October Is most rain
would fall for five months in northern
parts of South America, southern
parts of North America and in the
Caribbean sea, and that dry weather
would prevail elsewhere on this con
tinent between the Rockies and the
Alleghanies. For the summer of 1912
we predicted that most rains would
fall in vicinity of the great lakes.
Those forecasts have proven prac-
tically perfect up to this time, and
there is no reason why our forecasts
for crop weather of 1913 should not
be as good. Such forecasts are not
based on any great mystery. 1t is only
a question as to where the evapora-
ton will occur. Last fall we calculated
that the evaporation would occur for
five months in the Caribbean sea. The
North Atlantic high carries the moist
ure from the Caribbean to the CONT
nent and of course deposits most of
it along the gulf and Atlantic coasts.
The evaporation for 1913, after April,
will be nothing like 1912.