The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-09-03

Hicks Forecast for the Month Of Sep.
tember.-Hicks gives in Word and Works the
following forecast Of the weather for the pres.
emit month:
two days in August viii last into the LIST and I'd
days OF September, storms having moved into
central to eastern parts By the LIST and I'd higher
cooler win follow behind these disturbances.
'sThe storm period beginning on the 18th and
extending to the 10th promises to bring many
i've astronomical causes will help to disturb
earth's meteorological elements at this time
the moon in conjunction with earth and In peril
Venus disturbance and the greatly increased
tension of earth's autumnal equinox. The dis
turbances at this time will almost certainly be
aggravated in character. and prolonged. with
possibly very slight intermission,. into and
through the reactiOnary storm period central
on the 18th and 1sth az IRe Moon Being t 81 new
equator on the 10th, the chances for prolonged
and violent disturbances into the 18th and 18th
SDuring the early stages Of these general dis
turbances an excessively high temperature, or
heated term. Is sure to make its appearance over
1--WE predict that Wednesday, It'll, to Saturday.
10th, win bring q decided crisis showing that
eQuinoctial hurricanes Of great extent and vio-
coasts. a or that phenomenal heat over the inte-
riOr, covering the greater part OF the country
will be eliminating IL low barometer, thunder
If hurricanes and marked bar0metrlc depreg-
sons reach our south coasts early in this period,
very cool northerly winds will fow southward
over all central and western states, followed by
backing Winds that Is shifting from east to
north, northwest and west, attended by several
days of logged. persistent cold rains.
1.-THE next regular storm period extends from
the 10th to the 21st. This period is covered. as
was also the previous periods. by the mercury
near its central date and influence. Those who
have studied our forecasts during past years,
comparing the phenomena of nature by persist
the chances for equin0ctial hurricanes In the
south will be increased at this time. If such have
not made their appearance at previous. periods
part of the globe, they win be less probable at
this and subsequent september periods. In the
nature of things we are now at the season when
Grated IN abnormal intensitios. out of which the
great equatorial cyclones are developed. If
these forces are delayed they increase 10 GU
periods. Hence all careful, observing students
Of these forecasts may know what the real
probabilities are TOT eacn september ssosm a
equinoctial perturbation will rush up from the
equator during this month and express itself in
many storms ana gaies 0ver land an rs sea-
during the period, 10th to 2lst, Sunday. 18th. to
Wednesday, 2lst, will bring the eliminating
"a regular Vulcan storm period is central on
the 10Th, extending from the 9th. two or three
days into October. AS we enter this period the
rise to quite warm. and scattering storms will
be advancing eastward over the country about
I'm nal ali we, we have said about the probability of
hurricanes and high equinoctial storms and gales
in September, we must not be understood as
forecasting things out Of the ordinary. We
decided energy viii be perfectly natural. but
there is nothing in the astrOnOmic outlook to
excite fears of more than ordinary phenomena"