The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-12-30
January Forecasts.

Word and workai AZ the opening Of the
new year srsactisnsry storm wave VIII
have jusf1xpendeu itself In wsstern regions.
And cold pays wath rising barometer will
be pressing 1AstW&fd behind The storms By
shout the "a, b coldor weather with clear
Ing oondition1 will have reached III ragions
Of the Atlantic. At tho same time h Tom
psrAture win begin to rise and h bArorne-
tor will be falling In the wcst. The 18th II She
center OF . regular storm period, with The
new moon on the 9Th, calling Tor tha crisis
Of the period about the 9Th, 9Th ana Tth. Ex-
poet rain and snow during the passage east
ward OF the higher temperature and falling
barometer, but b. on the watch for the cold
wave that 10 certain to follow. These cold
waves often set In almost at the drst appear-
anoe Of the storm In the far west and north,
while regions further to the east have sever
~ days Of growing warmth, and christening
st.am conditions; but. a. the storm wave
works itself forward in its in~evitabie course
TO the east. the cold wave will be found pres .
sing Immediately In the rear OF the storm
area. This 10 why blizzards frequently burst
In their full fury 1t the nrst touch Of the
storm In northwestern regions. The storm
and the cold wave hitting simultaneously.
the blizzard 10 on 1T once, and woe to the
man who 10 caught without projection, or
some safe guide, oven within sight Of his
own house.. A partial relaxation from cold
will center on the 10th and 18th and reaction-
ary squalls OF rain and snow will appear at
many points along the progressive line OF
change from west to east. Renewed cold
will follow promptly and severely, filing the
time with sharp wintry weather up TO the
advent Of the next storm period.
The 18th Is the central day OF the next
period. with the moons first quarter on the
evening of the l4th. 1t will turn warmer In
westerly regions by the l4th and during the
18Th to; 18th, the warm wave will grow In
extent and degree, causing storms of rain
aud snow in It's regular advance eaStward.
Much surface tina wing, especially southwark,
10 probable during this period, but a. the
area Of rain works eastward, its western
tanks will turn to snow n the inevitable
cold wave win wind up the disturbances Of
the period and bring freezing weather gen
orally lasting Until tho reactionary changes
on and touching the 2lst and ed. Abont
these dates 1t will grow warmer, and more
storms Of rain and snow will appear, the
crisis Of the disturbances being reached
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Look for tho cold wave to bring up the rear
promptly and severely, remembering that
the "rear' In the far westerly parts 10 always
two to four days before even tho front OF
the storm movements haye fairly reached
the more easterIy and southerly extremes
of our great continent. 1t will be frosty
I'M cold, generally, Tor several. days after
the last named reactlonsry storms. =
The last storm period Of the month begins
about the 26th. and end o the 10th.
During it, existence the regular changes in
temperature, barometric pressure, wind cur
rents and all phenomena belonging to = reg
ular storm period, will show themselves,
In regular. progressive order. All b have
been for any time careful studsnts Of nature
or who w followed our forecasts md in
for only q limited time, have dis
covered that extreme western regions, n =
rule, get all the phases of storm periods
earlier than central, southern and eastern
parts Of the continent. This Is especially
true In reference 10 the cold waves that rush
in from the northwest as seQuels to almost
every storm period. Whom storms of an
equatorial origin dominate u period, the
south has rain, wind and thunder, with
only the cold wave feature in the north and
west. -, Fl
". Sky View Obssrvatory-West st. Louis,
December Z. 1898. sa 49, = ~ .4 q,