The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-05-05
MAY TO BE STORMY
Hicks Says May will be Warm and
There will be Severe Storms
His Predictions In Full.


will pass eastwardly over most parts
OF the country. This is time whom
tornadoes are very prosable, making
storms, and taking such precautionary
measures for safety as may be reason
able or practicable. Heavy downp6urs
displays, will most likely attend these
look for high barometer, west winds and
Frosts need not surprise any in all
central to northern sections Of the
country.
Reactionary storm conditions will
return on the Sth, 9th and 10th, bring
ing return of high temperature, low
barometer, great humidity, and more
storms of greater or less violence and
danger. All through this part Of May
the solar focus is central along the
Middle States, extending east and west
and daily cycles of heavy thunder and
rain storms often occur for many sue
cessive days, eliminating in a wide and
sweeping series of storms. Such will
probably result at this reactionary
period, lasting perhaps into the regular,
storm period which is central on the
14th. If a sudden high barometer
develops behind the rain and thunder
storms about the 10th, regions to the
northward may look for frost. 4q,.,.
About the 14th look for change to
warmer, the barometer will again fall
to low readings, and another series of
rain, wind and thunder-storms will
take up their eastward march across
the country, eliminating on and touch
ing the 18th, 18th and 10th. At this as
we'll as other May periods, if the air is
warm and humid, with low and falling
barometer, no gathering storm should
be allowed to approach without careful
watch on the situation. There is no use
in trying to conceal the fact that tor
nadic storms are possible and probable,
and little common sense watching and
planning, or the lack of such, will run
into matters of life or death in such
critical moments.
Great and sudden revulsions from
warm to unreasonably cool are char
arcteristics of the Venus perturbations,
and when these Venus periods fall lin
the month Of May, the widest electri-
cal storms are often followed by sur
prising changes to cold and frost.
More or less of such phenomena will be
realized during all the first half of the
present month. Make it your business
to watch and see if such influences are
not apparent during much of the pres
ent month.
The next return of storm conditions
will be from the Goth to 23d. See if
marked change to warmer, falling ba-
rometer and more active storms of
| thunder and rain do not spread pro-
gressively over the country from west
to east during the days named. The
crisis of these storms will fall on and
touching the 22nd and 23d. If your
barometer is very Iowa thing most
likely at this time accept the indica-
tion as a warning of dangerous storms
and govern yourself accordingly
Another change to quite cool for the
season will come with the high ba
rometer behind these storms. SeuNf
doesn't.
The last storm period for the month
is central on the Goth, covering the
oath to 10th. This period will come
in with rising temperature, the baro-
meter will fall decidedly in all western
parts by the Doth, and during the 9th
18th and 10Th, most parts OF the country
will be touched by active storms il
their eastward sweep across the
country. Ii by any means dry, hot
brassy weather, with earthquake and
seismic disturbances, should take the
place of electrical storms in the earl,
part Of the month, this last storm periot
may bring daily cycle of very severe
storms. No harm can come of watch
fulness and reasonable safeguards
against possible danger. In ever,
probability danger and death will visi
some towns and localities this month
and the sections most frequented b,
tornadoes are now so well defined tina
no town or family should be oyertake1
wholly by surprise, especially when j
is clearly indicated by the astronomi
conditions that we are passing through
tornado period.
AS to the general outlook for May
we believe that it will be up to, o
above the average in warmth. Their,
will be much bright and pleasan
weather between the periods Of sever
storms. Excessive Venus rainfalls
with destructive hail storms in man
sections, may reasonably be expected
though these rainfalls will be largel,
confined to central, western and south
ern sections. ALI parts will hav
moisture sufficient for present needs
but large areas will approach TIL
summer period, verging on to drout
conditions.
Some people don't seem to know tina