West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-03-03

The Usual Mixture OF Weather When
Winter and Spring Comes Together.
According to the Forecast OF Rev. Irl
X. Hicks. The Treat weather
Prophet


The Moon on or near the equator
in March means that it is at or near
its new or full. And when this oc-
ours with the Moon in perigee, or
nearest the Earth. the chances of
violent storms and tidal waves are
greatly multiplied. During the
present month we have two full
Moons, each of them near the peri
gee and the equator, and one new
moon on the celestial equator.
The first storm period for March
will be central on che Ist. aud and
3rd. If the Moon were on the
celestial equator forty eight hours
earlier. we would put the first day
OF the month down as danger day.
AS II is, violent seismic and ,equi-
noctial perturbations need not sur.
prise any reader of these forecasts
any where from the Ist to the 4th.
These storms will be of tropical
character in all southern directions,
with probable danger on south
coasts while rains will turn to snow
and billiards over most parts Of the
country northward. A sharp cold
wave for the season, with high
barometer, will follow the storms at
this time.
The next storm period is central
on the 9th, extending from the 9Th
to the 9Th. The barometer will be-
gin falling and the temperature
rising in western parts by the 5th,
and during the 9th to 9Th inclusive,
more active disturbances, with rain,
wind and snow will take up their
march eastward across the country.
Do no be unprepared for severe
dashes of late winter out of the
northwest along with rising barome-
ter and westerly tangents behind the
first stages of these storms.
A perceptible softening of the ele-
ments will return on and touching
the nth, Iath and r3th, and mark
ed storm conditions, followed by
more rain, turning to snow north
ward, will be most natural on and
about these days. The Mercury
period which is central on the aoth
may precipitate sleet storms at this
period, and threatening, cloudy
weather will most likely be prolong-
ed into the storm period next fol-
lowing. For more than twenty five
years we have annually called atten-
ton to the fact that our globe
passes a crisis of magnetic, electric,
seismic and equinoctial perturba-
tions, within forty eight hours of
March the nth. The new and full
Moons being removed from this
period this year, this annual period
may be modified this month and its
disturbances largely detected into
the periods next before and after
it.
We will name the 10th to the 2rst
as one of the most general, active
and dangerous periods of disturb
ance in March. Mercury, Vulcan
and Earth will all centrAlize their
perturbing influences into this
period, while the Moon will be new,
or in conjunction with Earth and
Sun on the roth, and on the celestial
equator on the 18th. Thunder
storms, equinoctiai gales and tidal
waves, seismic phenomena, all fol-
lowed by March billiards northward
and sweeping high barometer and
cold wave. are the things to be
looked for at this time. General
and destructive sleet will be most
natural northward during this Mer-
curry period.
The a3rd and 74th are central
days of reactionary storm period.
On and touching these dates look
for return of marked storm condi-
tons attended by heavy rain south
ward, turning to sleet, snow and
very disagreeable, stormy weather
IN central and north sections. The
Vulcan storm period covering the
last FIVE days of March and reach
ing into April, will eliminate on the
2otb, goth and 3Ist in violent storms
and dangerous tidal waves. Moon
on equator, in perigee and full, as
at the FIRST of the month, will inten-
sify seismic shakes, tropical storms
and billiards.
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