Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-05-02
Hicks's Forccas, for May.

The forecasts Of the weather for
April from Rev Irl Hicks's Word and
W,rk, were so accurate that the follow
forecast for May, from the same source,
will be of more than ordinary interest
to our readers:
Indications are that May will open
with cool, fair weather in most parts,
with frost in northern directions. a
warm wave will pass eastward across
the country, giving rise 10 reaction
airy storms central on and next to the
3rd. After a few days of cooler,
clear weather, about the 9TH it
will grow warmer in the West,
and during the Sth to llrh the warmth
will increase as it advances eastward
over the continent, resulting in many
storms. about the Sth, 9th and 10th.
There is a marked tendency TO frost,
as rule, from about the 10th to the 18th
of May, especially when storms occur
on or just preceding those dates. But
the indications for this month are that
this frost period viii reach its crisis at
the close of rcactionary storms central
about the 18th The new moon on that
day, and the equinox of Mercury on the
10th, will increase and prolong storm
conditions, and add TO the probabilities
Of frost after the storms in northerly
regions.
From the 18th to the 22d falls
marked storm period, the crisis o!
which will likely be reached about the
222l. \ very warm wave will pass over
the entire country during the period,
and dangerous storms are liable TO re-
suit. Cloud formations aud other storm
indications should be prudcntly watch
ed. Eastcrly to soutncrly Winds, sui
try air, with low and falling barometer,
are certain halbingcrs Of coming dis
turbances After storms pass, if winds
continue from southcriy points, or the
barometer sulcnly refuses to lise, look
for repetition OF rain, wind and thur
der, in cycles of twelve and twenty-four
hours, until the winds shift permanent
" to westerly and the barometer
moves decidedly upward. About the
25th and 26th there will be another
rise in tenn erature, resulting in reac-
tionary storms, beginning, of course,
first in the west and appearing later
and later at points along their march
to the east Fix this fact well in your
minds. You will soon learn by the
plain indications when the storms are
liable to be retarded, or to appear ear
lier in the periods in your locality.
The last day of May is the center OF a re-
guiar storm period. which runs into the open
ing days of June Full moon on the Both
will tend to hasten developments so that
very warm wave will he well defined, aud on
its way from the west, attended by increasing
storms, by the closing hours Of the month.
The effects of the EenoX equinox will be felt
in all the storms up TO the middle of May,
hence there will lie marked tendency to
hard hai!Storms, to excessive and sudden
cl ,cs from very warm to very cool, in
my the probability Of frost after storms
! northerly regions. 1t will also be pru-
to anticipate tornadoCs-to watch closely
all ominOus storm clouds and to have your
arrangements made, and your minds clear as
to what wo ID lie the best thing for safety i'll
moment OF manifest danger. The electrical
power of the sun is very great in all the cen
trail parts of our northern hemisphere i'll the
month of Nay, and forces which cXpcnd them
selves in April showers earlier, often gather
in May into storms of great violence and wide
extent. We beg our readers to post them
selves on the important subject, and to rob
the storms of their power TO tcrrity and de-
Stroy, by such knowledge and preparation as
will insure safety to human life.