The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-10-03
THE OCTOBER WEATHER
Hicks Says the Present Month will
Bring lots of Variable Weather
and Many Severe Storms.

| Irl r. Hicks, the ST. Louis weather
prognosticator, has handed us bunch
OF forecasts for October which are de-
cidedly unpleasant, and the more so
from the fact that he has been hitting
the weather pretty closely with his
predictions. He says:
A reactionary storm period is CEN
trail on the End, 3rd and 4th. The
storm diagram indicates that the COM
bined force of earth and venus contin-
ues to near the middle of this month.
The Jupiter and Saturn lines are also
reminders that the whole year is COW
cred by these great, perturbing equi-
noxes. On and touching Wednesday
the End to Friday the 4th, return to
storm conditions will be noted, in fall
ing barometer. change to warmer,
bringing cloudiness autumnal rains pro-
gressively over the country. Only
moderate change of barometer temper
ature will follow this period.
A regular storm period is central on
the 8th, covering the 7th to the 11th.
The new moon falls on the celestial
equator on the 7th. This fact precipi-
tates storm conditions at the beginning
! of this period. Low barometer, very
warm for the season and general storms
of thunder, wind and rain will set in
about the 7th in the west, and during
the 8th, 9th and 10th these storms will
| tske wide paths in their eastward
sweep across tho country.
| A reactionary storm period will cul-
inmate on and touching the 14th and
18th. In fact, the causes are such that
thretening conditions, with autumnal
rains, may continue from the preceding
period, the 7th to 11th, ending in Sec
ondary elimination or crisis on the 18th
and 18th. Much of the country will ex-
perience very cool days and frosty
nights not far from the 10Th to 18th.
Aregular storm period embraces the
full moon very close to the celestial
equator. This matter of the moon
being on the equator at new and full
appertains to the equinoctial periods,
and they correspond this month so
closely as to suggest equinoctial pheno-
mena not far from the 7th, as we'll as
the period 18th to 22nd. Seismic dis
turbances will be quite natural at both
periods. This fourth storm period
covers the 18th to 22nd, and promises
to bring very decided autumnal storms.
EARLY in the period, in western ex-
tremes, falling barometer will announce
approaching storm conditions. By the
10th cloudiness and rain will appear, and
from Sunday the Goth to Tuesday the
22nd, storm areas will make their tran
sit eastwardly across the country. The
crisis of the period will fall on the 220bfi
and 21st in all the central parts of the
country. Rain and wind, with light
ming and thunder, will attend the first
stage Of these storms, but change to
cool, autumnal rain, with snow possible
in the north and west, will result on
the north and west tlanks of storm
areas, all followed by very cool nights
and frosts, reaching we'll to the south
ward.
A reactionary storm period is central
on the 25th, 2Gth and 9th and falls
within the place Of the mercury dis
turbance. 1t will bring a period of
mistiness and thick, prolonged cloudi-
ness that will hardly break away during
the remainder of the month. Some
early sleet to the northward will be re-
ported before the close of this mercury
period, which, as the storm diagram
shows, is central the 31st and extends
into November.
| A regular storm period beginning the
Goth, is central on the 31st, extending
to November the 3rd. AS October
comes to it's close the barometer will
indicate the approach of positive and
general storm conditions from western
sections. From about the 31st, to Nov
ember the 3rd, autumnal rains will take
up their march from west to east, touch
ing most parts of the country, and
being followed from the west and north
by rising barometer, change to cold
westerly winds, with early snow and
sleet over large areas to the northward