The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30
bad STORMS IN MAY
Hicks Predicts Heavy Storms and
Tergadoes IN Hay.

The storm diagram shows that reg.
ular Vulcan storm period is central on
the list, extending to the 4th. The
! opening stages Of this period fall in the
last days of April, that is, change to
warmer, falling barometer and south
erly winds set in en- those days in west.
ern sections of the country. From the
lst to 3rd, inclusive, these changes to
growing storm conditions will increase
as they advance eastward across the
country, resulting in wide cloud areas,
with active storms of rain, wind and
thunder on and touching the End and
3rd. In the nature of things, rising
barometer, change of winds to westerly
and northerly, and much cooler weather
will follow close on the rear of these
storms, giving many northern to cen
trail sections touches Of chill and frost
during some of the nights in the first
week in May. See if this does not. prove
to be true.
On and touching the 9Th and 9TH look
for decided and rapid change to falling
barometer and quite warm, resulting in
sharp electrical storms on the 9th and
9TH. Moon crosses the celestial equator
on the 9th in a reactionary storm per-
iod, and heavy thunder storms will be
most!natural on and next to that day.
AS these storms pass eastward across
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and much cooler will follow from the
west, giving possible frosts in sections
northward on the nights between the
9TH and 10th inclusive. About the 10th,
the barometer will begin falling in the
west, a decided change to summer tenn.
perature will begin in the same section,
vast cloud areas will begin to move
eastward across the country, and from
the 1lth to about the 14th, storms of
rain, hail and thunder, some of them
furious ana tornado, will visit many
states in their sweep to the Atlantic sea-
board. Storms at this and the remain
ing periods in May are apt to repeat
! themselves in daily cycles, or at about
the same time of day for several sue
cessiye days. A decided rise of the
barometer, change of wind to the west
4 and cooler, will mark the end of the
series of storms, and be followed by
nights cold enough for frost in northern
to central states. We must not be un.
derstood as saying that tornadoes must
occur at this time, but we do affirm that
the astronomic outlook is such as to
make such storms decidedly probable.
The center Of the Mercury period falls
on the 18th ard the reactionary storm
| period is central on the 18th and
18th. About these days storm condi-
tions will reach another maximum, even
if the daily cycle which set in at the
preceding period should not subside up
to this time-a thing very probable in
combined Venus and Mercury disturb.
ance. After storms about the 18th and
18th look for change to very much
cooler for two or three days.
The last regular storm period for May
reaches from the 22nd to 2Sth, merging
really with the reactionary disturbances
due on the last three days of the month.
This is another period in which heavy
and dangerous storms are entirely prob.
able. Monday, the 25th, to Thursday,
the 2Sth, will be the time of greatest vio-
lence and probable danger, although
general daily disturbances may continue
to the end Of the month.
The moon is at new on the 26th, at
greatest declination north on the 9th,
and in perigee on the 2Sth. These facts,
added to other existing causes, lead us
to say that storms of wide and danger
Gus proportions are very probable on
and touching the Goth, 9th and 2Sth.
Phenomenally high temperature, high
humidity and very low barometer will
precede the storms, serving effectually
as premonitions.