The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-28
MARCH WEATHER.

Sth., will bring decided change to
warmer and eliminate about the
9Th. 9TH. and 8th. in many active
thunder storms and heavy local hail
storms. The moon is on tho celestial
equator on the 9Th. and at her new
on the 9th. which facts will tend to
cause higher temperatures and
electrical storms. A rapid change
to much cooler may be expected be-
hind these storms, with high barom-
eter and more frosty nights in many
sections.
On and about the 18th. and 18th.
the regular swing of the element to
renewed storm conditions will be
natural. The Moon will approach
nearest the Earth ON the 10th, a fact,
we are satisfied, which will help to
increase atmospheric unrest, and
excite the normal tendency to April
showers into wider and more decid
ed storms through the 1 tn. and12th.
1t may also be seen by the storm
diagram that Mercury disturbance
will reach into and affect the react
ionary disturbances about the 18th.
and 18th. A change to cooler will
follow these storms but be of very
short duration.
The Vulcan storm period central
on the 10th. is almost exactly coin
cident with the center of the Mer-
curry period, with Moon at quadra-
t,re with Earth and Sun on the
18th, and on the celestial equator on
the 10Th. Summing up these con-
ditions, we predict that active and
possibly dangerous storms will visit
many sections from Wednesday the
10th to about Saturday the 18th.
If the temperature is very high, the
barometer low, with hygrometel
showing high dergee Of humidity
which things we predict-it will
be the part of wisdom to watch all
marked storm approaches, having
the mind made up as to the proper
course to take in the face of uncer-
tain and violent storms. The cul-
mination of the Mercury distur-
Dances will fall about the date of the
full Moon. Therefore expect at the
reactionary storm period central on
the 22nd. and 23rd. some general
and wicked storms of rain hail, wind
and thunder. Look, also, for an
energetic high barometer to follow
up these storms from the northwest,
reaching. before it's force is expend
ed, south to the central states, and
causing frosts over all sections north
ward.
During the perturbtions of the
above Mercury period, our friends in
northern parts of the country need
not be surprised if they are visited
by some late but decided squalls of
snow and sleet. Mercury is our
sleet god, he retires slowly and
stubbornly before the vernal i'm
pulse from the equator, a nd will not
miss an opportunity to hurl back
some darts of sleet, snow, frost
and ice, even as late as April.
Almost to certainty Boreas will
assert himself, to greater or less
degree, during these storms periods
in the central and latter parts of
April. Touches of snow, cold and
retreating winter may be expected
in the far north, and northwest, but
just how far these conditions will
reach south ward, will depend upon
the barometric state existing at that
time in the south.
The last storm period for April is
central on the 28th, extending from
the 26th to 3Oth. AS we enter this
period the barometer will fall, the
temperature will rise, and more
storms decided in character will
develop to the west and run their
course eastward during the last
three days of month. AS a rule
these regular storm disturbances, do
not reach the central valleys of the
Mississippi and Ohio rivers until
about the afternoon of the second
day after the cen ter of the period.
The center of this last period falling
on the 28th, it's storms normally
would pass the region Of the Miss