Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-07-05
THE. JULY WEATHER
PROF. HlcRs ISSUES BULLETIN OF
WHAT, He BELIEVES
TWILL BE


st. Louis Man Has> 1t All Arranged
For Him, 1t is Net So Bad-Gives
Full Representations for the Whole
Month-The Bulletin.
Rev. Irl Hicks, the st. Louis wealth
er prohpet, has the weather for inc
month of July all arranged and the foi.
lowing bulletin sets forth his idea OF
what it will be. For Rev. Hicks the
predictions are not at all dark-hued.
for as a general thing, it is the storms
and other calamities that people some.
how are not partial to, that the. ST.
Louis man takes the greatest delight
in forecasting.
The bulletin follows:
"A regular storm period is central
on July 5, having for its disturbing
causes the equinoxes Of Vulcan, Mer-
curry, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn,
with the moon in opposition in peri
gee and at extreme south declination.
Any one can, of course, predict warm
weather for July, SO we predict that
an excessively warm wave will pass
over this country generally, and over
other countries as well, during the
first ten days of this month. Great
summer heat, in every probability, will
set in to the west the first days of the
month. This condition will increase
in area and intensity as it moves east
ward, reaching a crisis from the Attn
to the Tth.
Electrical Storms.
"The astronomic conditions on and
touching Wednesday the 4th to Sun
day the 9Th, indicate disturbances of
more than ordinary violence Terrific
electrical disturbances, with heavy,
tornado storms all over central to
northwesterly regions, will be perfect
ly natural. If severe and general thun-
der storms do not relieve the electric
and magnetic strain, about the 4th to
the 18th, the high temperature will in
crease to phenomenal readings and be
followed by seismic and kindred per-
turbations over our own and other
quarters of the planet. Normally,
heavy rain, hail and thunder storms
should occur from the 4th to the 7ih
and be followed by almost unreason-
able change to cooler. This is time
when local 'cloudbursts and water
spouts' are to be apprehended. even
though undated heat and drouth pre-
vail over nearby sections. By this
time. also, the flood waters from June
precipitation will be working into cen
trail to southern rivers.
"a reactionary storm period is cen
trail on the 10th. 18th and 18th. The
crisis of this period will fall on and
touching Thursday the 18th. On this
date the moon crosses the. celestial
EQUATOR, coming northward. This fact
will add to the probabilities Of very
high temperature, low barometer and
thunder storms on and next to the
18th. The Venus period extends up to
about the 25th, so that the extremes
from summer heat to sudden cool are
liable to characterize the storms AMI
weather changes at all July storm
periods up to that time.
CIoudbursts Probable.
IA regular storm period covers the
18th to the 18th, central on the 18th.
notwithstanding Anybody can safely
predict that it will be warm in July
we predict that it will be warmer at
some times than others, and that this
period-the 18th to the 18th, will lead
UP to one of July's warmest periods.
More thunder storms and local cloud
bursts are probable on the 18th to the
18th A Venus revulsion to very cool
might be normally expected imme
diately after these thunder storms, but
for the fact that the new moon, at a
solar eclipse node, falls on the 21st
This fact calls for prolonged high tenn
perature. low barometer and threat
ening. if not stormy conditions, over
the 21st and into the next storm per-
iod.
A reactionary storm period is cen
trail on the 22nd and 23rd, in which
storms and seismic disturbances will
be reported from wide extremes of the
globe. Within sixty hours of six
o'clock p. m. on the 21st, earthquake
and volcanic perturbations will reach
maximum tendency in most coun-
tries common to them. Change to ris-
ing barometer and some cooler will
follow these reactionary disturbances
for two or three days-say from the
| 23rd to the 25th progressively from
west to east.
A Storm Period.
"a regular storm period runs from
the 26th to the Goth, being central on
the 2Sth. All who have properly stud
led our theory of forecasts have sat
isfied themselves of the fact that high
temperatures and tendency to cleo
trical storms are common on and
touching dates when the moon is pass
ing over the celestial equator. Hence
as early as the 26th, the last storm
period in July will show decided indi
cations of approaching summer
storms. During Friday the 9th to
Monday the 30th high temperature
low barometer and threatening thun.