The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-02-02
WEATHER THIS MONTH
Three Distint Storm Periods Pre-
diCted by Irl r. FiCks, the St.
Louis Weather Prophet.

The first regular storm period for the
month is central on the 3rd, covering
tine 1st to the 9th. "Oh," says the
cynical man, you allow yourself plenty
OF time and all the country" Yes sir,
that's just what we do. Long ago we
discovered that tits the best to take
things as we find them, and we logged
~, but reverently went about finding
out the causes the why's.
During storm period the. first thing
to be expected is a change to warmer in
western parts Of the country. The
barometer begins to fail at the same
ktime and in the same sections. These
conditions begin to move eastward, and
ctoudlness soon appears over wide
areas, followed by precipitation and
storminess. BY the central day of the
period storm areas, as a rule, are clearly
developed and we'll on their march east
ward into more central parts of the
country. During the last half of the
period storm perturbations reach their
eliminating stages in regions along the
great central valleys, and through the
regions, eastward toward the Atlantic.
Now, II these things are so, why should
we stultify ourself and Gods facts by
allowing ourself less time and only cir
cumscribed localities?
Not only are these things true, but
nature begs no mans pardon and has
her own way. before the change to
warmer, with falling barometer and rain
| or snow have completed their march
eastward, the barometer is rising in the
west, storms have assumed the guise of
cold waves and billiards., ending in
clearing and very cold weather west
ward, often before the first stages of
the storm period reach the eastern ex-
tremes of our continent-an all these
within the limits Of q regular storm
period.
! A progressive warm wave with falling
barometer will appear first; cloudiness
with rain, turning to snow will follow,
and these, attended with more or less
storminess, will pass central to eastern
parts of the country from about the 3rd
to the 9TH. Meantime high barom-
eter with winter winds and change to
much colder will be rushing on from
western and northwestern sections in
due time and regular order to displace
the storm areas and spread to eastern
extremes.
By the Sth and 9th all the foregoing
will have nearly or quite disappeared,
except the cold in eastern states,
Change to warmer and falling barom-
eter, followed by return to cloudiness
and rain and snow will again be ad-
vancing from western parts. On and
touching the 8th and 9th look for rains,
with electrical storms probable espec-
tally southwark. AS these conditions
move out of the way to the eastward
high barometer, cold winds with squalls
OF snow and clearing weather will fol
low progressively to the eastward.
The next storm period is central on
the l4th, extending from the 18th to the
10th. The passage of regular winter
storm conditions, from west to east in
progressive order. may be counted or
at this period. First, February rains
turning to snow and sleet squalls, wind
ing up with rising barometer. and colo
wave.
The 10Th, Goth and 21st will bring
general and very active winter storms
The first stages of these storms will be
ming and thunder, especially on an6
look for change to colder with blizzard
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Decided cold will spread eastward be
hind progressive storms.
The last storm period for Februar,
runs from the 25th into March. On ant
touching the 9th and 2Sth, growing
change to falling barometer, warme
land cloudiness will merge into wide
spread rains, fringed on the west ant
northwest tangents by snow, higl
winds and much colder. In due tim
and order these conditions will reac
j most parts of the country, involving tn
!, first day or two of March.