The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-01-04
January Forecasts.
From Word and Works.

will be pressing eastward behind the
storms. BY about the Sd, the colder
weather with clearing conditions Will |
have reached the regions of the Allan
tic. At the same time the tempera-
ture will begin to rise and the baron
eter win be falling in the West. The
4th is the center of regular storm
period, with the new moon on the 9th,
calling for the crisis of the period
about the 9th, 9th and Eth. Expect
rain and snow during the passage
eastward Of the higher temperature
and falling barometer, but be on the
watch for the cold wave that is certain
to follow. These cold waves often set
in almost at the first appearance of
the storm in the far West and North,
while regions further to the East have
several pays Of growing warmth, and
threatening storm conditions; but as
the storm wave works itself forward in
its inevitable course to the East, the
cold wave will be found pressing i'm
mediately in the rear Of the storm
area. This is why billiards. frequent |
ly burst in their full fury at the first |
touch of the storm in northwestern |
regions. The storm and the cold wave
hitting simultaneously, the blizzard is
on at once, and woe to the man who
Is caught without protection, or some
safe guide, even within sight of his
own house, A partial relaxation from
cold will center on the 10th q 18th ana
reactionary 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, filling the
time with sharp wintry weather up to
the advent of the next storm period.
The 10th is the central day OF the
next period, with the moons first quar-
ter on the evening of the 18th. IT.
will turn warmer in westerly regions
by the 18th and during the 10Th to
18th, the warm wave will grow in ex.
tent and degree, causing storms of
rain and snow in its regular advance
Eastward. Much surface thawing, es-
pecially Southwark, is probable during
this period, but as the area of rain
works eastward, its Western TANKS
will turn to snow and the inevitable
cold wave will wind up the distur-
Dances of the period and bring freez-
ing weather generally lasting until
the reactionary changes on and touch
ing the Dist and 22d. About these
dates it will grow warmer, and more
storms of rain and snow will appear,
the crisis of the disturbances being
reached about the time of the full
moon on the 21st. Look for the cold
wave to bring up the rear promptly
and severely, remembering that the
"rear" in the far westerly parts is al
ways two to four days before even the
front If the storm movements have
fairly reached the more Easterly and
Southerly extremes of our great cont
nent. 1t will be frosty and cold, gen
orally, for several days after the last
named reactionary storms.
The last storm period of the month
begins about the Goth, and ends
about the 30th. During it's existence
the regular changes in temperature,
barOmetric pressure, wind currents
and all phenomena belonging to q
regular storm period, will show them
selves, in regular, progressive order.
All who have been for any time care
full students of natural, or who have
followed our forecasts and instructions
for only a limited time, have discov-
cred that extreme Western regions,
as rule, get all the phases Of storm
periods earlier than central, Southern
and Eastern parts of the continent.
This is especially true in reference to
the cold waves that rush in from the
Northwest as sequels to almost every
storm period. When storms OF an
equatorial origin dominate a period,
the South has rain, wind and thunder
with only the wave feature in the
North and West. All these facts are
replete with interesting study, besides
the practical relation they bear to the
veal and comfort of man and beast.
Jan. is apt to end fair and frosty. Feb
uary ushers in the equinox of Mars,
and leads forward to planetary comb.
nations, which will reach crisis in
March. We have repeatedly given
warning of this impending crisis-be
ginning the same in Word And Works
as early as the summer OF 1898, and
taking it up in our 1894 Almanac
The subject will be fully discussed
and all possible instructions and warn.
ings will be given in the subsequent
issues of Word And Works. Meantime
study the spring outlook carefully in
our Almanac, and watch for fuller dis
cussions in Word And Works.
Sky View Observatory-West St
Aouis, December z 1898.