West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-01-29
FEBRUARY FORECAST.
A Full Assortment OF Weather For
The Coming Month.
The Schudule According To The Great
Prognesticator Hicks

Important things to keep in mind,
in connection with the forecasts,
storm and weather for February,
arc that Venus perturbation GOV.
ers nearly the whole month, while
the Vernal equinox meets and com.
bines with the Venus period from
about the 10th to the end Of tho
month. These facts will not oblit
crate or change the regular storm
periods, except that the regular
periods will all be prolonged anc
intensified by Venus and Earth.
The month will open warm and
threatening. Moon is on celestia
equator on the Ist, tending great,
to excite electrical storms in many
places. Disturbances will continue
until about the 4th, bringing heavy
rains, turning later to snow over
much Of the country. 1t is safe to
say that this first February period,
like all the following periods of the
month, will begin with moderate to
warm, bright days, but rain, with
wind and thunder southwark will
follow and turn quickly to snow,
sleet and very cold weather.
The days of greatest violence will
be on and touching the 10th and
nth. Dangerously high tides will
be most natural, with strong pro-
liabilities of seismic disturbances,
and heavy tropical storms in the
south. Violent rains may be ex-
pected generally over southern and
central parts Of the country, and
while a boreal counterpart in the
form of furious snow storm and
blizzard from the west and north
need not surprise any reader. The
crisis of these disturbances will
come on and next to the nth. The
cold wave that would naturally APP
pear about the nth may possibly be
retarded until after the Moons pas
sage over the celestial equator on
the 18th. But those who do not
prepare for hard, winter storms, and
for great cold wave and blizzard
between the 9th and 10Th of Febr.
uary, will, we fear, pay costly
penalty. The final elimination of
these storms may not come before
the I4th and 18th, which are central
reactionary storm days; but we eau
ton all, especially those who have
large live stock interests at stake to
be on their guard any time from
the 9th until the elimination comes.
Don't be deceived by delays and
pleasant weather.
The storm period extending from
the 10Th to the 23rd is covered by
many disturbing factors. Vulcan,
Mercury, Venus and Earth, all com
bine with Moon at south declina-
ton, at last quarter and in apogee.
This period during its opening
stages will bring change to quite
warm for the season, the barometer
will fall to unusually low readings,
and heavy storms of rain, wind aud
thunder will speedily be followed
by change to sleet and snow, all
winding up with stiff wintry gales
and cold wave from the north
west. Much danger may be appre-
hended at this and other February
periods, from the goiging of streams
and rivers by sudden floods and the
jamming of moving and rushing
ice. Look for several days of freez-
ing weather, after the storms OF this
period pass off.
The last three days of the month
will brings return of general storm
conditions, winding up on the aSth
with electrical disturbance and
heavy rams in many sections of the
country. Upon the whole, we fore
cast an unusually stormy and dis
agreeable February a commingling
of Vernal, tropical storms, with bo.
real and wintry vista tions giving us
a succession of extreme perturba-
tons, attended by sudden revuIsions
of freezing and thawfng. To say
nothing of the extra astronomical
causes bearing on this month, the
regular aunnal progress of solar en-
ergy from the south, combating
boreal conditions from the north
is cause for disagreeable weather. -
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