The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-03-05
LION OR
THE LAMB
Weather Forecasts for
March, 1908.
tBy Irl r.. Hicks.l

On tne lSt. Une Moon is In perlBee
and New Moon falls on the 2nd.
A crisis Of the low barometer, and
storms of wind, rain and snow will
be reached on and touching these
dates. AT this time the vernal
equinox will be strongly in force,
making violent tropical storms
more than probable in the south,
with billiards. to counter balance
over northern to central parts of
the country. These storms, with
little or no intermission, will most
likely be continued into the storm
period next following. The 2nd.
is the center of seismic period
of five days; reports of such
phenomena may reasonably be
looked for within sixty hours of
noon on the 2nd.
A Regular Storm Period runs
from the 4th. to the 9th. 1t is
central on the 9Th. The Moon is
on the celestial equator on the 4th. :,
and at first quarter on the 9th.
Vulcan, Mercury and Earth unite
their perturbing energies at this
period. Storm conditions will be-
come marked on the 4th., with
electrical disturbances general in
the south, and unsettled, stormy
weather may be expected general
ly, with rains turning to sleet and
snow northward from about the
5th. to the Sth. Wintery weather
will come with the closing stages
of this period, reaching most parts
of the country in its progress
southwa.d d and eastward.
A Reactionary Storm Period is
central on 11th., 18th. and 18th.
This is at the center of the Mer.
curry period and coincident with
the March magnetic and electric
crisis. This annual crisis is cen
tral on March 11th., extending
from the 5th. to the 18th. Fall
ing barometer and renewed storms
of rain, snow and high gales will
reach climax about Wednesday
the 11th. to Friday the 18th.
Terrestrial magnetic unrest, earth
currents, northern lights and
possible volcanic outbursts will be
natural at about this period.
A Regular Storm Period is from
the 18th. to 10TH, having the Full
Moon on the j7th., the central
day of the period. This is the
Full Moon at the vernal equinox
and at the elimination of Mer-
curry disturbance. We must also
keep in mind that the Jupiter and
Saturn periods have not yet ended,
We will put down the 17th., 18th.
and 10Th. as days upon and about
which will center many very force
full to violent storms. In southern
parts these storms will take on
tropical characteristics, being
heralded by very low barometer
and high temperatures. In north
ern sections, snow storms amount
ing to billiards. will wind up the
period, sending March cold wave
far to the south, progressively,
from about the 18th. to the 2lst.
The 18th. and 10Th. constitutes
another most probable seismic
period, having its center on the
17th. Remember
A Reactionary Storm Period |
falls on the 22nd. 23rd. and 24th.
This is at the center of the vernal
from which time the
focus of solar energy begins to ad.
vance northward from the equator.
The fact that the Sun is supposed
to "cross the line" on the 22nd.
does not imply ''great equinoctial
storms must come on that day"
AS indicated in our storm dia.
grams, the storms known as
'equinoctial storms" are liable
10 occur any time from the middle
If March to the middle
If April. OF course these
equatorial storms begin to express
themselves first in the extreme
outhern parts of the northern
hemisphere, but they may be pre-
ipitated in destructive hurricanes
IN our own continent as early as
february, or retarded into April.
my of the storm periods in March
8 liable to break into abnormal,
storms, especially when
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