The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-05-11
Prophet Hicks Makes His Announce
ments for May Weather and
Has Some Storms.

M ASAsS s
Has Some Storms,
The following is the statement
issued by Weather Prophet Hic&s for
the weather which he has provided
for the present month: a regular
storm period, central on the 9th,
covers the 7th to 18th. The full
moon in perig1ee on the Sth. and at
the extreme south %declination Oh the
nth, will be factors in the resulting
| p~erturbations OF this period. BY the
Sth low barometer and much warm
er will be advancing IRON the west,
attended by very decided storms.
From the 9th TO l2th a series OF
storms will sweep most larts Of the
country, progressively from west to
east. III the Mars period is to take
ron a general tendency to MAXIMUM
violence. tornadoes are probable at
this period. Rapid change to nigh
b arometers. westerly gales and
much cooler will follow this series of
storms, and frosts will visit many
central to northern sections ftom the
10th and l4th.
A reactionary storm period is CEN
trail on the 18th. 18th and1 9th. This
period is within the Mercury period,
seen by the Mecury brace i'm the dia-
gram. to reach trom the 18th TO the
18th. All who have studied our tore-
casts for some time, are familiar
with the fact that the states in
which tornado storms are most fire.
quent and destructive are in what we
call the focus OF solar energy during
the M.onth of May. From this fact
alone we are to expect a seasonal
maximum of such storms during this
month.
A regular storm period runs from
the 10th to the 23rd. This promises
to be the most active to violent per
iod in May. 1t is a regular Vulcan
period, covered by Mars and central
with the Mercury period. The o.
is on ..the equator on the 18th, in
appogee OH the 22nd and at new on
the 2Srd. All these things combined
indicate that low barometer, very
warm, humid atmosphere and cleo
trical storms of marked severity will
prevail at the first and continues at
the end Of this period. All through
the central part of May there is great
tendency at the storm periods to
daily cycles of storms, for a number
of days in succession, breaking up as
a rule with general, and very violent
storms. This period, the 10Th 20 the
23rd, promises to bring one Of these
cycles. II after the first storm the
barometer does not rise and the
wind change to westerly and decid-
eddy cooler about the same time on
the following day, look for a repeti-
tion of the storm, and so on for sew
eral days, or until the changes named
occur. The elimination of this per-
iod will fall within thirty-six hours
of midnight..on the 22nd. The out
look for this whole period is threat
ening but we will name Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, tile 2lst,
22nd and 23rd as danger days.
Should the normal changes occur,
clearing and much cooler weather
should appear about the 24th and
25th.
A reactionary storm period is GEN.
trail Oh the Goth, 9th and 18th With
strong probabilities that the COM
bined Mars and Mercury Influences
will cause prolonged threatening, ii
not stormy weather into this period
up from the preceding period The
general character Of Mars period will
determine the kind and intensity OF
storm and weather to be expected
from about the Goth to the end OF the
month. II the Mars period comes
in with an excess of storminess, the
period extending from the 18th to
the 23rd will not only bring ii con-
tinued daily cycle of rain, wind and
thunder storms, but these daily
storms will hardly reach their cnl-
animation and ON to an end until
about Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day, the 26th. 27th, and 18th. A de-
cided change to cooler will spread
over the country generally at The
wind no of these storms.