West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-03
THE IDES OF NOVEMBER.
OUR WEATHER FOR ELECTION
DAY AND THANKSGIVING.
According To The Forecast OF Hicks
OF ~. Louis.

The general storm conditions will
not only be intensified during the reg
ulsr and reastionary storm periods,
but that much irregular, threatening
weather will prevail outside of the
normal lirnit of the regular periods.
From about the End to the 4th ~ rise
OF temperature will be noted, travel
ing from wsst TO east, attended bv a
falling pre- ssurc aud wiAdA FROM storm
producing directions. Cloudiness and
rain will result in maHy parts OF the
country, turning most probably To-
snow and winding up with stiff north
west gales and cold wave in northern
sections IL must not he forgotten
that during the Venus periods temper
atureS arc Inclined To cXtremss, very
bright aud warm DAYS suddenly end
ing in summer.like, tropical stor~s.
Sad these in turn ending i'm snow,
wintry gales aud freezing. boreal
waves.
The Noon being on the celestial
equator on the sth, a restless, unstable
condition of tho atmosphere, with ten
dency To electric storms, will be notice
able ON and touching that date. From
this time on through the Vulcan period,
9th To 18th, much unsettled weather
aud decided, autumnsl storms will pre-.
vail in most parts of this country. As
the Moon reaches her perigee and
greatest declination south about time
these distu ba nces reach their culmina-
tion, very high northerly gales snow
storms and n marked cold wave may be
counted on. Immediately connected on
the west and north with the storm area
as IL moves eastward. IL warm, au-
tumnal rains. in other words, are pre-
vailinR in yosr locality In the first
stages of these and other Noyenber
storms. be on the alert for the hour
VIXEN the winds shift TO westerly, and
the barometer begin. TO rise-high
gales and freezing weather will come
upon you over al. the central and aorth.
ern sectiona Reaction from cold and
anti-Storm conditions will set in to the
west, and ran its course eastward. at
tended by more precipitation, on and
about the 10th and nth.
! From 20th TO 24th falls n regular
ter on the Goth, and on the celestial
equator on the 2lst During the 6rst
stages Of this period look for falling
barometer and general reaction TO
warmer. with renewed and heavy Au-
tumnal storms of rain. wind and snow.
The central days of these disturbances
will be about Monday the 21st, to We'd
nesday the 2srd. Immediately behind
these storms, and covering the country
generally during the days following.
look for change to very cold weather.
The last storm period for Novemb Der
will be central in its results about the
27tb. 2Stk and 29th. The s.orn din-
gran shows thata Mercury disturbance
10 central on the 3Oth, covering the last
hVe days of the month in connection
with the continued Mars period. Moon
will be full on the .27th and highest
north on the 2Sth. This period will
bring a marked change to warmer, the
barometer will fall generally to very
low readings, and rSiE turning 20 sleet
or snow IN nost sections will pass east
wardly across the country. Sleet
storms are almost unfailing results OF
the Mercury periods In cold weather.
and during this Mercury disturbance,
either in the last days of Noyem Der. or
early in Decembe many middle and
northern sections will be covered with
vast areas of heavy sleet. North wes-
tern billiards. usually reach their will
dest stages during the Mercury periods
especially when blended with other
causes The most general and extreme
cold waves also sweep over the country
at the culmiuatiOn OF these Mercury
] periods.