The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-02-07

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curry period added during ths closing1
week of TIE month. Tho indica tions
80 that some az our hardest winter
|storms and weather VIII tall within
ne Venus brace late III February and
G6rly in March. .54 M ,s33
The regular storm period ching
nom the 18th q the sbth win show
strongly the influence Of the Venus
disturbances, combined with the
growing Vernal equinox. High
temperatures, low barometer and
rain, thunder and lightning will be
The order during the first stages Of
|Jhe disturbances, about these, will
quickly give p'ace to driving snow
Eto. the west { nd north, with change
high barometer, northwest gales
and very much colder, The Moon
isafull on the 22nd and on the celest \
ial equator on the 23rd. This is also
|at reactionary storm preiod. The
chances are that heavy disturbances
will deyelop in the gulf region
about this time, and we cautiously
suggest to our friends along the
south coasts that they keep . cool
land watchful eye on the situation
Torrential rains will visit many.
sections during these disturbances,
and there will be danger Of ice
georges and disastrous floods and
|overdows, especially along narrow
valleys and INSTRUCTED rivers and
STREAMS. Tragical thunder storms,
With chances good for high and
dangerous winds, are indicated on
and touching the '2srd. Storms will
be general over the interior about
this time. Snow and billiards will
follow quickly on the heels Of rain
and thunder, and very cold wave
Eof the season will push close after
the western sides of storms.
The storm diagram shows that as
February comes to it's close we are
entering regular storm period, not
far from the center Of both the Ven
us and Mercury periods, and at
time when the Earth g vernal equi-
nox about as apt to cause violent
storms as later. The crisis of this
period will reach into, March, but |
there will be unmistakable indica-
tions of vast meteorological changes
and perturbations before the closing
hours Of February. Do not be de-
seeivel by bright skies. and soft,
ssoutherly winds. Watch your own
:or somebody elses barometer, and
!?catch the incipient on comings Of
severe storms and violent changes to
very hard and disagreeable weather.
As intimated above, We: believe
that much unpleasant, Wintry
weather will fall in February and
March. We warn our readers to
this end. All reasonable and posi-
BILE precautions for the sheltering !
and feeding should be exercised,
and wise planning for out door work
should be done. Much needless loss
andssuffering can be averted by
carefully fixing in the mind the
periods of probable storms and
changes and making preparations
accordiangly for the performance
of the varied work Of every day life.
We beileve that the months Of
April May and June will be pro-
pitious above the average for all
agricultural and out door avoca-
tiona While the rainfall generally
for these months will not be up to
the average, we believe that there
will be no disastrous suffering for
moisture, and that localities to the
extreme north, and perhaps the OK
treme south and east parts of the
country will have more rain than is
wanted.
We do not feel that that it is
necessary for us to enlarge further
on the probable out look for the
coming season, as all, or nearly all
of our readers, have our Almanacs
forf1902, in which we have out
lined our views aud calculations.
WesWin only repeat that we do not
believe there will be suf6ciency of
generally diffused moisture the
coming season: We believe that
the most destructive parts Of dryness