The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01
JULY WEATHER. u,

/ ! 4&.3 JULY WEATHER.
u This month begins in the last
stage Of OF a storm period central on
June the goth. Storms and pertur-
bations Of this period will be we'll.
on their way toward the Atlantic.
by the 1st and 2nd, with fair end.
cooler weather following from the. he
west. . 35s5S sy & 9s SS. Ss55. ss @
IA react1onary storm period tis
central from the 4th, to the 9Th. As
the Moon is on the celestial equator
the 4th, we may reasonably calcu-
late on 9 decided rise in tempera-
ture, ending IN thunder and rain.
storms during these reactio onary
days. s n se. .s, s 40.
The 8 equinoctial period covers al
most the entire month Of. July, be-
ING: central on the ssth and running
into August. r the general tend
e1icy is to; excessive heat and light
rains from the 4th to 9Th, and from
the 9th to 14th, it will be safe to
count Oh . predominance Of such
weather nearly or quite up to Sep
tember. We fear there are good
reasons to expect such results. Up
on the other hand, should cooler
weather and general rains and
storm be the rule at these periods,
| much Of the same kind Of weather
| will oharact cterize all the storm peri
DDS for the following six to eight
weeks. The sneering, ''lotty''crit
iicism that '.any body; can predict
hot, dry weather in July and Aug
Iust, ,,abr6aks down il the minds of
sensible people, who know that,
while this is true in a measure, the
temperatures and rainfall are ex-
tremely different, one year with
another, in these months. a+,,l !, :. y. 2.
About the l1th to 14th, the, CEN
trail dates of the2serond July storm
period, no one should be surprised
10y a wave of excessive warm wealth
or, eliminating in many threaten.
! ing storms and violent dangerous
clustering. Some local cloud dbursta
| are. pro bable here and there but we
lido not believee that sud Eicient raina
Is at soseE IT,
ae1trenies 81 the Irai rs. prod duoing
regions. W. shall be delighted 70
1:find THAT our opihion was serroneo eous
but We so believe and 20 make our
forecast. Heavy hail storms, esIec-
Tally to the ! west and ( north, will
most likely attend these disurbanc-
es, in # winch event temporary
change to much cooler may natural
| ". be expected. The 18th, 18th and
{14th are the days on which the cul-
1ninating crisis Of this period is to
/ be- looked tor : Change to higher
barometer, westerly winds and cool
4 or would be the normal order, pro-
gressively, behind, or west Of the
Icenters Of storm areas. s {; ~ 4.
On and touching the 18th, 18th
and 10th the temperature will great
Ily increase, moving like a. wave
from west to east. BarOmetric un-
steadiuess and final fall to low read
|ings will accompany the warmth,
and many threatening storm clouds
with thunder and bluster will take.
up their march eastwardly across
the country. Heavy local concen-
trations ,of rain and hail will touch
scattered localities, but we fear that
There will be serious lack Of ,gener-
tal, diffused rains. We candidly
confess that We cannot foresee as
vet the turn the weather and stroms
will take, in consequences Of the
Mars disturbances named above;
but this question will be fairly set
tied BY the character of the phe-
.nomea the first half Of July. This
! ctionary period will partake
largely Of the same results attend
!! ing the two previo1s periods. !:
A regular storm period covers the
F2lst to the oath, having it's center
on tn. 22nd. The most casual OBJ
servers and readers Of weather re-