West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-01-04
JANUARY FORECASTS.
The Kind Of Weather We Will Have
For the First Month Of 1900,
According TO Hicks. the Great Prog.
nosticatOr.

9th Of January. Moon is new on
the first. in perigee, meaning near
est to the Earth, OH the 3rd, and
on the celestial equator on the 9TH.
A reactionary storm disturbance
occurs about the 3rd to 9Th inclu-
slye. Hence IL will be natural to
expect warmer weather to set i'm
during the opening days of Janu-
airy, the barometer will fall and
storms Of rain, turning to sleet and
snow over wide sections, will visit
most parts of the country from
about the 3rd to 9th. These storms
will, OF course, begin in western
sections quite early in the period,
and run their regular course east
ward by about the 9Th. Much
higher temperatures will exist south
and east of the storm area. causing
rains and thawihg; but on the ives
tern skirts of the storm area change
to much colder, attended by sleet
and snow and blizzardous, boreal
winds, may be counted on. This
latter condition will spread east
ward over most northern and CEN
trail sections. followed by clearing,
cold weather which will be felt in
q marked degree very far into the
south. The crisis of this period
will fall on and touching the 5.h,
the date on which the Moon crosses
the celestial equator.
A regular storm period is central
on the 9th, extending from the 9TH
to the 18th. BY the time the cold
wave following storms of the last
period reaches the eastern seaboard,
the barometer will begin falling
and change to warmer will have
set in to the far west. This change
to growing storm conditions will
gradually work eastward, until
more rain and snow will result
about the 9th to 11th. 1t must
always be remembered that the
warm, bright days during the first
days of storm period, are as much
n part of storm conditions as any
other phenomena. being absolutely
essential to the ram and wind and
thunder and billiards that follow
AS the final results of these first
stages of storm developments. Do
not be thrown off your guard by
beautiful. warm days at the en-
trance of storm periods. This
warning is of special importance
during Venus period in the mid
winter, as is the case during this
month. The Venus perturbation
will be sensibly felt in the storms
probable on and touching the 9th,
10th and 18th. BE on the watch
for the sudden and violent change
to colder, close on the heels of
warm weather and rains.
A reactionary storm disturbance
will be central on the 18th, 10th
and 18th. Moon Will be full on
the 18th, the planet Mars being IN
conjunction with Earth and Sun
on the same day. This viii! bring
all four of these celestial orbs into
an acute line with each other, ex-
citing seismic tendencies, storm
phenomena and other perturbation
in the Sun and on the Earth. An
other change to much colder may
be expected Immediately on the
western TANKS Of low barometer
and storms due about the 18th to
18th.
The next regular Vulcan storm
period extends from the 10th to
the 23rd, being central OH the 2lst.
Moon is in apogee, greatest dis
lance from Earth, also on the &C.
lcstial equator on the 10th. A gem
eral and sudden change to much
warmer may be reasonably expected
on and about this date. Winter
lightning and thunder, especially
southwark, need not surprise any
one during the first stages Of this
and other January periods The
characteristics of the Venus dis.
turbance, are first quite warm with
great tendency to electrical phe-
nomena and thunder even in win
ter, followed by violent and sudden
change to great cold, high winds
and billiards.. Protractod storms
Of rain, sleet and snow will most
probably visit wide sections Of this
and other continents, between Fri
day the 10Th and Wednesday the
oath, being central about Saturday,