The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-27
FORECASTS FOR JANUARY.
By Rev. IrI' K. Hicks, the St. Louis
Weather Prophet in His Word
and Works.
LOOK FOR STORMS AND BILLIARDS.,

covers the 1st to the 5th. This is
regular Vulcan period, blending
partly with the on-coming Mer-
curry distur Dances, with the moon
on the celestial equator and at its
first quarter on the 2nd. Tues.
day, Wednesday and Thursday,
the End, 3rd and 4th will be the
days on which the disturbances
of this period will reach a crisis.
BY the 1st, noticeable rise of
temperature will appear to the
west, attended by falling barome-
ter and increasing cloudlness..-
Rain and snow Will promptly tol-
low aud pass progressively from
western to eastern parts of the
country during the End, 3rd and
4th. Rain, with probable winter
thunder southwark, will be gen.
eral and copious on and touching
the 2nd, but sleet and snow will
set in from the west and north,
bringing a high barometer and
strong winds, all ending in a de-
cided cold wave.
A reactionary storm period is
cen trail on the 9TH, Sth and 9th.-
This period is at the center of the
Mercury disturbances, as well as
near the moons extreme north
declination and full on the 9th and
10th. From the 8th TO the 11th,
look for marked fall of the ba.
rometer, thick and prolonged
cloudiness, and heavy sleet and
snow storms over most central
and northern sections. In the
south rain will be the order, while
on western and northern flanks
of storm areas bllzzards need sur
prise no one. From about the
10th to 5he 18th, look for rising
and high barometer, gales from
the northwest and a severe and
widespread cold wave, reaching
quite to the gulf,
A regular storm period is cen
tral on the 18th, extending from
the IL to the 10th. Storms oil this
period will reach their culmlnat-
ing stage on and touching the 10th.
In western sections falling ba-
rometer and rising temperature
will show the coming of these
storms by the 10Th to 18th, and
during the 18th, 18th and 10Th
they will grow in extent and ac-
tlvety as they pass over the coun-
try in daily progress from west
to ea-t. Moon beng on the celes-
tial equator on the 10th and at
last quarter on the 18th, marked
storms of rain, sleet and snow
will culminate on those dates, be-
ing crowded closely from the
northwest by high barometer and
another cold wave. Do not for
get that storms, blizzards and
cold waves do not drop down all
over the continent IN a lump, as
some wlseacres would seem to
demand, but that they travel pro-
gressively like vast trains from
west to east.
A reactionary storm period is
central on and touching the Goth.
The Moons perigee is on that
date, a fact which manifestly
tends to strengthen weather dis
turbances. ; During the 10Th to
2lst barometric depr essions and
rising temperature will result in
general cloudiness, and wide
areas of rain and snow, moving,
as always, from western to east
ern parts of the country, and be-
ing followed by rising barometer
and change to colder.
a regular storm period is cen
tral on the 25th, reaching from
the 23rd to the 9th. New Moon,
or Moons conjunction with earth
and sun, falls on the Oath, calling
for marked increase OF warmth,
low barometer and prompt de.
velopment Of cloudiness and pre-
c'pltation. Change to warmer,
falling barometer and rain, as a
rule, may be looked for in con.
pection' with New Moon. This
fact Is very plain when New Moon
falls within the perturbing range
Of storm periods. A sudden rise
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