Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-04-02
APRIL WEATHER.

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April states that the month opens
with reactionary storm days, on
and about which may be expected
a decided rise in temperature, falling
barometer, high humidity and rain
and thunder storms. A Mercury
period is central on the 4th, so that
cloudy and unsettled weather, with
snow squalls very probable in the
north, will be very natural for sew
eral days at this time. The moon at
first quarter on the 4th, and in peri
gee on the 5th, as may be seen in the
storm diagram, will aid in prolong-
ing these disturbances into the COM
bined Vulcan and Mercury period
extending from the 9th to the 18th.
About the 9TH it will change to
very warm in western sections, +,
winds will shift to easterly and
southerly, 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
18th inclusive. Let it be remem-
bered that we are still under the in
f1uence of Earth's Vernal equinox,
and that both Vulcan and Mercury
will blend their powers, bringing a
marked crisis from Wednesday the
Sth to Sunday the 18th. Look first
for high temperature, low barome-
ter, rain, thunder and hail followed
later by westernly gales, rising baro-
meter with fitful squalls of snow
and sleet northward, and very
general and decided change to colder.
After a few mornings of chill and
frost, over all sections central and
northward, change to warmer, with
falling barometer and more April
storms will center about the 18th
and 18th. The transition state of
the season through the most part of
April brings, as rule, scattering
'tApri1 showers at almost any time.
But this tendency co showers and
SQUALLS becomes decided, general
and often violent as we pass into the
regular and reactionary storm peri
DDS. In the nature of things, hail
storms are more numerous in April
than in almost any other month in
the year, dashes of hail being COM
mon from almost any local and dense
thunder-cloud
A regular storm period is central
on the 10Th, the moon being at last
quarter 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 18th. The barometer Will
begin falling in the same section
with the rising temperature, and
from about Saturday the 18th to
Tuesday the Dist, very decided
storms will run their regular course
from west to east across the country.
Very warm, humid weather with
low MISUNDERSTANDING probable at
this time-may well suggest storms
of great energy, and cause that de-
gree of watchfulness and caution on
the approach of storm clouds, which
the circumstances warrant AS in
the other storm periods in April,
look for high barometer, westerly
gales and very cool nights to follow
at the close Of this period that is
Immediately behind or west of the
actual storm areas. tits not thing
unc mmon for the high barometer
and change to much colder to exist
and be spreading down over the
northwestern states, by or before
the middle of storm periods, often
before the area of low barometer,
high temperature and storms has
moved east of the Mississippi river
Hence within the storm periods it is
a common thing to have three dis
tinct kinds of weather prevailing in
the country at the same time namely,
warm and fair east of the storm area,
with storms of rain or snow in CEN
trail parts, and change to clearing
and much colder in western and
northwestern extremes.
The next period in which storm
conditions will develop and run their
courses from west to east, will be
central on the oath and 25th. The
moon passes northward across the
celestial equator on the oath, and on
aud touching that date a series of
highly electrical storms are almost
certain to develop. Showery,
stormy conditions will not pass off
until after new moon on the 9th,
after which date will follow brief,
short change to much cooler and
frosts northward
April comes to it's close in the
opening days of a Vulcan storm