Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-01-08
CONCERNING THE WEATHER.
What Hicks Predicts For The
Rest of January.

Concerning the rest of the month
the Rev. Irl Hicks editor OF World
and Works says:
1.-THE storm diagram shows that a
regular Vulcan storm period covers the
9th to 18th, being central with Moon S
last Quarter on the 9th. This period
lies near the center of the Venus period
on the 18th. As we enter this period
the weather will again moderate winds
will shift to southerly and easterly,
the barometer will fall in western ex-
remes and general storms will organize
and pass in regular order from west
to east from about the 9Th to 18th.
The first stages of these storms will
most likely prove moderate and rainy,
but as the high barometer pushes into
the low areas from the northwest, look
for high winter gales, billiards., OF
blockading snow and sleet and
severe, dangerous cold wave. Ii the
barometer is very low in the far south
at this time, the cold wave Will not
short of the gulf coast. Watch your
barometer as far south as Florida. If
it is very low, keep your eye ON any
thigh" that may head that way from
the northwest. Fear no destructive cold
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eter holds sway, but look out when
low is displaced by high "
during winter, Venus period.
"Reactionary storm period is cen
trail ON the 14h, 10th, and 10th, calling
for moderation of the cold and return
of cloudiness, falling barometer and
more rain and snow. The conjunction
of the Moon with the Sun, or new
Moon, ON the nth, will tend greatly
to prolong disturbed and threatened
weather quite into the regular storm
period following. Careful obserya-
tions will prove that the new moon
periods are attended as a rule, by
higher temperatures and lower baro-
metric pressure; hence, when the
moon intervenes at the end of storm
period, rising barometer and change
to colder, clearing weather are retard-
ed and prevailing storm conditions are
prolonged.
"A regular storm period covers the
18th to 23d. The moon is in apogee
and on the celstial equator on the
18th, and these facts, especially at
this central part of the Venus distur-
bance, call for a prompt and decided
Development of low barometer, rising
temperature and winter storms on and
following the 10Th. On and about
the 10th even winter lightning and
thunder are probable, with heavy rain
and wind southwark. But storms will
turn to SNOW and billiards during the
last half of the period-say from the
Goth to 23d and driving, blizzardous
cold wave will sweep over most
parts of the continent. All people,
especially stockmen and merchants
handling perishable products, should
have care for their interests at this
time A fact that should always be
remembered is, that the warm, rainy
conditions that prevail in the begin
ming of storm periods, during the
| Venus periods, are sure to turn sud
denly and violently to very cold, with
snow and sleet and high Northwestern
ly gales.
1.-THE 25th, 26th and 27th are central
DAYS of a reactionary storm period.
On and touching these days the cold
will relax, the barometer will fall,
cloudiness will gather in the west,
and more rain and snow will pass east
| wardly over most parts OF the coun-
try. Another change to much colder
will come in from the west and north
behind these storms, lasting up to the
| 3Oth and 31st. Under the combined
| influence of the Vulcan and Mercury
periods, January will go out with
storm conditions beginning TO organ
| ize in western extremes, turning
warmer, falling barometer, growing
| cloudiness, with the manifest APP
proach of storms that will run into the
opening days of February