The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-02
WEATHER FORECASTS
By Rev. lrl X. Hicks, the St. Louis
Weather Prophet, for the Month
of May.
FEWER DISTINCT STORM PERIODS.

ing prolonged over the 4th by the
moons passage over celestial
equator on the 9TH. A very warm
wave for the season, sustained
until after storms o. ram, wind
and thunder about the 4th and 5th
will pass from west to east at this
time. Change to rising barome.
ter and cooler behind these storms
will be of short duration.
A Regular Storm Period, cen
tral on the 9th, covers the 9TH to
10Th. The full moon in perigee
on the Sth, and at extreme south
declination on the 11th, will be
factors in the resulting perturba-
tlons of this period. By the 8th
low barometer and much warmer
will be alvanclng from the west,
attended by very decided stor ms.
From 9th to 18th a series of
storms will sweep most parts of
the country, progressively from
west to east. If the Mars period
is to take on a general tendency
to maximum violence, tornadoes
are probable at this period. Rap
id change to high parometers,
westerly sales and much cooler
Will follow this series of storms,
and frosts will visit many central
to northern sections from the 10th
to l4th.
A Reactlonary Storm Period Is
central on the 18th, 18th and 10th.
All who have studied our fore
casts for sometime, are familiar
with the fact that the states in
which tornado storms are most
frequent and destructive, are IN
what we call the focus solar ener-
gy during the month of May.
From this fact alone we are to eX-
pect 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 period, IN May. 1t is a
regular Vulcan period, covered
by Mars and central with the Mer-
curry period. The moon is on the
equator on the 29th, in apogee on
the 22nd and at new on the 23rd.
All these things com blned indi-
cate thet low barometer, very
warm, humid atmosphere and
electrical storms of marked Sc.
verify will prevail at the first and
continue to 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 a general, and very viol
ent storm. This period, the 10Th
to the 23rd, promises to bring one
of these cycles. The elimination
of this period will fall within
thirty-six hours of midnight on
the 22nd. The outlook for this
whole period is threatening, but
we will name Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, the 2lst, 22nd
and 23rd, as danger days. Should
the normal changes occur, clear
ing and much cooler weather
should appear about the Oath and
25th.
A Reactionary Storm Period is
central on the Goth, 9th and 2Sth
with strong probabilities that the
comblned Mars and M ercury IN
fiuences will cause prolonged
threatening, if not stormy wealth
er into this period up from the
preceding period. The general
character of the Mars period will
determine the kind and intensity
of storm aud weather to be ex'
pected from about the 2Cth to the
end of the month. If the Mars
period comes in with an excess OF
stormlness, the period extending
from the 10Th to the 23rd will moi
b,ing continued daily cycle o.
rain, wind and thunder storms
but these daily storms will hard
! ly reach their elimination anc
come to an end until about Satur
day, Sunday and Monday, the
26th, 27tn aud 28th. A decided
change to cooler will spread ovel
the country generally at the wine
up of these storms.
The last day of May Is the be
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