Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-01-03
FOSTERS WEATHER BULLETIN

Copyright, 1914, by w. T. Foster.)
Washington, Jan. 4.-Last bulletin
gave forecasts Of disturbance to cross|
continent January s to ~, warm waveI
Z to IL, cool wave 10 to IA. The spe-
cial feature Of this disturbance will
be the trend toward warmer weather
as we approach the great high tenn
perature wave that will cross the
continent little later. Not much pre-.
cipitation is expected during the week
centerlng on January TO-
About and Immediately following
January the storms will be crossing
the great central valleys, will be of
more than usual force and will be fol.J
lowed by a moderate cold wave some
what inclined toward the blizzard
species. That cold wave will consti-
tute the first and one Of the principle
dips in January temperatures. Only
two low temperature periods of short
duration are expected in January, and
this one, crossing the continent about
January 5 to 3, will be one Of them.
Next disturbance will reach Pacificl
coast about January 10, cross Pacific
slope by close of IA. great central val
leys Is to II, eastern sections IS.
Warm wave will cross Pacific slope
about January 10, great central val
leys 10. eastern sections II. Cool
wave will cross Pacific slope about
January 16, great central valleys IS.
eastern sections 20.
This will be the most important dis
turbance OF January. II will cause
the warmest weather, the most severe
storms, the heaviest SHOWS, and will
be followed by the greatest fall in
temperatures Of any of the January
storms.
The SHOWS will not be general. The
Rockies and the Northeastern Allie
ghenies will get the snow storms.
Long ago we clearly indicated that
the Rockies country would get the
snow storms this winter and they
have been coming that way
On January the earth will pass
between Neptune and the sun, so close
that the earth will cut the straight
line of electric force that is always
passing from the sun to Neptune.
Similar electric lines area ways in
motion FROM the sun outward to every
member of the soalr system, while
spirals are ncircling those
straight electric lines of force and
moving in the opposite direction, car
rying the condensation Of the ether
to and building 1t into the sun. =
The opposition OF Neptune January
II will not cause great disturbance.
but it will be noticeable In the force
of the storms that will occur within
two or three days OF that event. 1t
might be interesting to watch the
force Of the storms from about Jan.
uary IA, when they will be near the
Pacific coast, to January 20, when they
will be in eastern sections. You will
probably realize their great increase
in force during that time.
In general way the locations Of
the rains, SHOWS and severe storms
will be about the same until we reach
April, when a general change Of
weather conditions is expected, a
change in conditions that has no re-
lation to the season. Similar changes
do not regularly occur at the same
season Of the year. These changes
have much to do with the uncertain
ties Of crop productions, and when
they are better understood by the
farmers they will change their crops
to suit the changing crop weather.
We know the basis of these crop.
weather changes and will continue to.
improve our forecasts along that line. \