Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-12-08
Hicks Forecast For December.


A reactionary storm period, the
first Of the month, is central on the
ard 4th and 5th. The moon at
this period will pass first quarter
on the 3rd. and cr'ss the celestla'
equator on the 9TH. The Mercury
neriod. which was central on NOV.
oeth reaches over into December
and blends with the Venus lnfu-
4mce during this first stor"
period.
Bv the 3rd, falling barometer
change to warmer will be noted ID
western extremes. Growing cloud
mess will result in the same see-
tons, and during the 18th to the o. VI
first rain. then sleet and snow VIII
visit wide areas of the country a.
storm conditions pass from west IT, "
east across the continent. Inc
combined influence of Mercury ana
Venus will. in all reasonable P'o'"
bil,ty. result in heavy, widespread
sleet $ orms, and very low bar0me-
ter. followed by violent chan &c 10
Slizzards. The crisis of this period /
will fall on Sunday, Monday ana
Tuesday. the 3rd 4th and 9TH, fol-
,owaa by a servere cold wave
will h. felt in most parts OF the
,or INV. lasting until about the
ST.
IA regular storm period is central
Nm the 10th, extending from the
4 9Th to the 18th. Every careful
student of our forecasts and "Foun
dation Facts" will remember tina
our little globe passes a magnetic
and M teorolgical crisis annually
from about December 9Th to 10th
This is not only on account of win
ter solstice perturbation. which ex
tends from the 10th to the 10Th o
December. But the angle of tn
Earth's north polar axis to tn
equator of the Sun is such us t
nroyoke a maximum of electrlcIa
and magnetic antagonism at TIL
) time.
By about Saturday the 9th. de
cided change to warmer, with rap
idly falling barometer, will ne nc
ticed in western extremes. ines
condition will bring on increasln
cloudiness, moving eastward, an
from about the 10th to the l3t
inclusive. severe and general VIII
tor storms wilt make their trans
over the country. These storm
will reach their eliminating crIs
within 48 hours of sunset on 81
11th. Look for rains at the o.
coming of these storms, especial
in the south ward, but be prepar'
d for change to Northwestern
i billiards. as the storms move eaS
- - ward, and for genuine Decemb
: cold wave, to follow with the r'sll
barometer behind the storms.
\ reactlonary storm period
central on the 18th. 10Th and l"
Throughout this part of the mon
there is constant tendency to u
settled and sto rmyweather. b
decided storm conditions, with &c
eral rain and snow, will be mi
J. natural, on and touching Saturd
and Sunday, the 10th and III
Correct statistics will show I'll
one of the stormiest period on
Atlantic Ocean, along the line
| travel and traffic from the Uni
| States to Europe, lies from the
to the 25th of December.
A regular storm period GOV
the 10th to the Goth. The cent
dAy of the December Solstlcr ia
Within this period, on the 2lst. 1
1.-THE regular Vulcan storm perlo'
ysentral ON the 22nd. The mool
III N ppriyep on the 23rd, at new m'
= b the 25th, aid at extreme de
Ati..n south on the Goth. Ii
cA,ses the celestial EQUATOR go
IA outh declination, on the Il
Al these facts combined indl'
Thu from about tie 18th to
26h will bring period OF
u,ged winter storms. The c
kof ibis period may be looked fo'
Nnd touching Saturday, SUI
tnd Monday.
A Reactionary Storm rerl q
central on the 9th, 28th and z