Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-06-27

Rev. Irl r. Hicks, in his forecast for
July weather, says combination of as
tronomic events out Of the ordinary falls
on and about the opening of july The
opposition Of the planet Jupter-the
world greater than all the other planets
and moons combined-falls on June 80,
and the opposition of Saturn, the next
greatest planet, falls on July 5. The full
moon, or moon in opposition to Earth
and sun. and hence in conjunction with
both Jupiter and Saturn, falls on July l.
The planets Venus and Mercury are, also
in conjunction will, each other and the
earth on June so, with earth and Mer-
curry in aphelion, and Venus in perihe.
lion. Such balancing and lining up Of
worlds is not an ordinary occurrence, and
to say just what the results should be, in
a meteorological way, is not an entirely
easy thing in our present state Of knowl-
edge. Added to all the above, it must
be kept in mind that we are still near
the center Of the Jupiter equinox, and
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tends from the LIST to the 9Th of July.
We feel warranted in saying that a max
hmm tendency to seismic, electrical and
volcanic perturbations is more than
probable under this condition Of things.
These things being reasonably probable,
we predict that the worlds correct rec
ord will show state of cosmic and mete-
geological unrest during the closing days
of June and we'll into July.
The storm period central on July 3rd
will bring series Of very active storms.
during which the frequent and marked
lamentations of the barometer will both
be an admonition and constitute study.
The oncoming Of storm areas may be at
tended with very high temperatures in
scattered sections of this and other con-
tinents: but we predict that phenome-
nally low temperatures will be realized
generally. Ordinarily, we would name
the 3rd, 4th and 5th as days of greatest
storm danger, but under the unusual
conditions prevailing, they are probable
any time from the 1st to the 9Th.
Reactionary storm condit will exist
on the Slh to 10th, continuing probably
over the moons perigee on the 18th.
Falling barometer, rising temperature
and winds from east and south will pre-
cede the actual storms and preci pitation
of this and all other July periods.
The central storm period for July falls
from the 18th to the 18TH The crisis OF
this period will fall from Sunday, the Il,
to "Wednesday the 18th. Barometric and
atmospheric conditions will plainly indi.
when storms are gathering west Of your
locality, and just as positively will the
same things indicate when the storm
centers have gone east Of your locality,
although the path of actual storms may
not have passed over your immediate
section.
More or less rain, with probable cloud
burts, hail and dangerous winds need
not surprise any one during the storm
period which is central on the Goth. One
OF the warmest terms of the summer may
be expected in connection with this
period, and many storm clouds with Sc
we're thunder gusts will be natural about
Thursday, the 25th, to Sunday, the 2Sth.
Destructive hail storms are more than
probable at this period. as we'll as at
other periods within the Venus brace.
The great heat probable at this time will
| break up at the conclusion Of the storms,
and very cool nights for the season will
| follow in most parts Of the country,
especially in the northwest