The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-08-03
WEATHER FOR AUGUST
lrl r. Hicks, the St. Louis Weather
Prophet, Makes the Following
Predictions for August.

crosses the celestial equator on the 4tt
being in perigee on the same day
Hence we may look for rapid rise OF
temperature, with corresponding fall Of
the barometer on and touching that
date. Cloudiness and general storm
conditions will gather early in the
period, and rain with wind and thunder
will pass eastwardly across the country
from the 4th to the Sth. In all prob.
ability sharp rise of the barometer
and change of wind currents to wester
ly will appear in western sections as
soon as the storm area moves out of the
way, falling in behind the storms and
chasing them up in their eastward
progress for several successive days
All sensible and reasonably inclined
people know that actual storms, and
the condition that cause them, are
rarely ever stationary in any large
locality, but that they move according
to fixed laws from west to east over
this country, with anti-storm conditions
pressing close on the western sides OF
the eastwardly moving storm areas. In
the nature of things this brings to diff
erent parts of our wide country differ
ent kinds of weather on the same days,
giving to western extremes, as rule,
storms with following change to fair
and cooler during the early parts of the
storm periods. By about the Sth,
storms of this Vulcan period will have
passed off to the Atlantic with the
change to fair and cooler weather on
their heels.
The 18th and 18th are reactionary
storm dates and secondary series of
disturbances will develope and pass
eastwardly across. the country on
and touching these days. Either the
storms of this period, or an early on
coming Of the ensuing Vulcan period,
will be projected into the 14ths the day
of full Moon and the Moons eclipse.
We calculate, rather, that the effect of
the regular Vulcan storm period extend
ing from the Is to 10, will begin as early
as the 14th and continue up to about
the 10th. Storms of the West India
type need surprise no one who may be
located or caught in the regions ad-
jacent to our southern coasts during
this period. Rain, thunder and wind
will visit many parts Of the country
during this same period, notably on
and touching the 18th. Change to very
much cooler will come in from the
northwest on the heels of these dis
turbances, extending progressively
over most parts Of the country about
the 10th to 21st. The disturbances of
this period and those at all the remain
ing August periods, are rendered in a
high degree problematical by the OPP
position Of the planet Saturn on the
23rd together with the approaching
autumnal equinox Of the Earth, and
other astronomical causes bearing on
the last half Of the month. Earthquakes
in many parts of the Earth, with tidal
waves and similar disturbances, will be
reported during the perturbations 14th
to 10Th.
The 23rd, oath and 25th are days on
and about which reactionary storm
conditions will be marked and general
If low and falling barometer lead into
this period-a result likely to occur
storms Of an equinoctial nature are
very probable, especially on the south
Atlantic and gulf coasts. This period
is also likely to bring crisis Of sum-
mer warmth, followed a decided and
general change to much cooler with
almost or quite frost temperatures over
much of the country to the northwest
ward.
The last week in August bring {
storm period which is fraught will
violent to dangerous probabilities on al
southern waters and coasts exposed tx
the ravages of West India hurricane.
and cyclones. We do not say that sucf
storms must absolutely appear at thi.
time, or if they do that they will prove
Obstructive out of the ordinary. But
we do not hesitate to say that sucf
things are reasonably probable, anc
that all especially interested or exposed
should keep the probabilities in mind
and watch all indications, such as grea,
barometric depressions and other we'll
known precursors of equinoctia
storms out of the far south. The crisi,
of this period will fall within forty
eight hours Of six o'clock a. M, on the
30th. Tidal waves, seismic and earth
quake phenomena are almost certaint,
in many parts of the globe not far from
Wednesday the 30th. If low baromete
and heavy equatorial storms do no
develop in the south at this time, an ex
cessive period of general warmth viii
prevail over most parts to the countr,
up to about the last day Of August, a
which time violent storms and rains