Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-02-02
Hicks proposes to give Us some win
ter in earnest as will be seen from his

Hicks proposes to give Us some win
ter in earnest as will be seen from his
| prophecy Tor February:
We .re careful To state in the outset
t hat d Venus period il central on the
IL Ii dos ~ this month. and that lis
III fiuence upon weather and general
meteorological cnndiiious VIII tr felt
rom beginning 10 rnd OF February. and
into early March. The greatesi disturb
anee will fall during the last hall of The
month. when Earth. Venus and Mercury
will combine with other causes to pro-
duce storms, billiards., great extremes
of temperature and atmospheric per-
turbations. A regular storm period the
last days OF January will he closing
abo ut Feb. 1st. hence storm conditions
will be disappearing toward the At
lantic, and cold, fair weather will be-
following OIL from western and central
sections. Or and touching the 4th aud
9th the barometer will fall, it will grow
w armer and rain and snow will Wait
most parts of the country. Moon will
stand at extreme south point on the
9Th, causing drift Of polar winds south
ward and producing sharp cold I'VE
much OF the country behind the re-
dictionary storms due about 4th and
9Th. Barring the Vulcan storm period
central on the 9th moon will come
nearest to us on the 9Th, will be new, or
in conjunction With Sun, on the 10th,
and on the celestial equator on the
18th. Look for change to very much
warmer az this period progresses, with
barometer falling very low in wide sec-
tions OF the west, and about the 10th to
18th inclusive be prepared for general
and heavy storms. Lightning and
thunder with wind and much rain will
visit all regions southwark, these con-
ditions turning to snow north and west,
all being followed by q general cold
wave az storm conditions out of
the way to eastward. The great west
should be- on the alert for the cold wave
early in the period. About the 14th to
18th the cold will moderate and a
general return to rractiODary storm
conditions may be expected-that il,
warmer weather. falling barometer and
general tendency to renewed rain and
will return. The chief facts to
keep in mind in all the Venus disturb |
ances this month are that very warm. |
spinglike weather il apt to change very
suddenly into blixzardous gales aud
dangerous cold. Another very marked
period will be- central ON the 2 LIST, |
with moon at her apogpe on same date.
This period extends from the 10Th to
23rd, and will feel the force of Mercury, |
Venus and Earth's vernal equinox.
Many severe disturbances and much
disagrerable weather may te
counted on ut this time and through
out the remainder Of the month. Dur
ing thu Mercury period which iS crn-
trial on the 26th, aud extends from the
21st into March, some Of the heaviest
storms OF the whole winter may
be expected. The greatest disturbances
thu Mercury period will fall on
aud about fie 21sI to 23rd, aud Goth 10
Man. sections will be visit Il by
weeping wind and rain storms, while
iortllern aud northwestern regions will
most likely feel .omr oi the Winters
worst billiards.. The luli moon on ar
the ,quator AT rhe ,srnal sqninox
= almost sure to be- followed by heavy
storms oi rain aud thunder southwark,
10 sleet, snow and billiards. III
iorthprn sections. The cindltioiis TX
1t ON the 25tlI aud 26iii combined
With all The oiher disturbing factors i'm
lcn ted therein.