West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-04-02
OUR APRIL WEATHER
showers. Frost. Hall, Thunder aud
lightning According 10 Pref Hicks;

EfP'' ehe ~ ahu <hu are tcdf-
tionary storm days, on aud about
which may be expected decided
rise in temperature, falling baro.
meter, nigh humidity and rain and
thunder storms.
The Moon at FIRST quaier on the
4ih, and in perigee on the sth. as
may be seen IN the storm diagram,
will aid in prolonging these disturb
ances into the combined Vulcan
and Mercury period extending from
the 9th to the nth.
About the 9TH it will change TO
very warm in western sections, winds
will shift to easterly and soutbernly,
the barometer will begin falling. and
storms of rain, with some active
hail, thunder and wind, will pass
eastwardly over most parts of the
country, from the Sth to the nth
inclusive. Let il be remembered
that we are sill under the influence
of Earth's Vernal equinox, and that
both Vulcan and Mercury will blend
their powers, bringing a mark ed
crisis from Wednesday the 9Th to
Sunday the nth. Look first for
high temperature, low barometer,
rain, thunder and hail followed la.
ter by westerly gales, rising baro.
meter with ftful squalls of snow and
sleet northward, and very general
and decided change to colder.
After few mornings Of chill and
frost over all sections central and
northward, change to warmer, with
failing barometer and more April
storms will center about the 18th
and a4th. The transition state OF
the season through the most part OF
Aprli brings, as a rule, scattering
"Apiil showers" at almost any time.
But this tendency to showers and
squalls becomes decided, general
and often violent as we pass into
the regular and reaciionary storm
periods. In the nature of things,
hail storms are more numerous in
April than in almost any other
month in the year, dashes of hail be-
ing coumon from almost any local
and dense thunder clouds. A reg
ular storm period is central on the
10Th, the Moon being at last quar-
ter on the same date, and in apogee
on the 18th. As we enter this
period look for change to much
warmer to set in from the west say
about the nth. The barometer
will begin falling in the same sec
ton with the rising temperature,
and from about Saturday the 18th
to Tuesday 2Ist very decided storms
will run their regular course from
west TO cast across the country.
The next period in which storm
conditions will be central on the
a4th and asth. The Moon passes
northward across the celestial
equator on the a4th and on and
touching that date a series of high
ly electrical storms are almost GER
tain to develop. Showery, stormy
conditions will not pass off until
after new Moon on the 27lh, after
which date will follow brief, short
change to much cooler and frosts
northward.
April comes to its close in the
j opening days of a Vulcan storm
period. Hence falling barometer
and change to warmer will be in
progress as the month goes cut.
Summing up the whole matter, we
believe that April will be an aver.
age good month for all industries.
The last half especially will be fine
and pleasant. Showers must be ex-
pected, with an occasional hard
storm, but VIC do not predict an ex.
cess of general rains, but rather the