Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-31
HICKS FORECAST
!, FOR JANUARY
ST. LOUIS WEATHER PRoGNosTi.
GATOR SAYS FALLING RARo-
METER FIRST 8 DAYS.

Rev. Irl Hicks of st. Louis IN ms
predictions for January. 1909, says:
A regular storm period, when Is
central on December 81 will culmmate
on the list, End and 3rd. Falling par
ometer, attended by general cfoudlness
and rain southwark, with snow ana
boreal gales northward, will result dui-
ing the first three days OF the montn.
High barometer and change to very
cold will rush out of the northwest
K Immediately behind these bllzzardons
storms, bringing progressively Few
days of fair, frigid weather 10 almost
the entire country.
A reactionary storm period centefs
on the 9Th and It'll At this time the
earth is in perihelion, or nearest tue
sun. with Uranus in opposition and
NEPTUNE in conjunction with sun and
earth. Full moon at extreme north
declination is on the 9Th. Decided re-
action to falling barometer and warm
err will pass eastwardly over the coun-
try at this time, resulting i'll general
rain and snow storms on and touching
the 9Th and 7th. Don't be surprised u
billiards. hit many sections at th's
time, with cold wave and high winds
following from northwest. The 4th 10
9th is seismic period centerlns on
the 9Th. Such may not occur, put max
lmum tendency will exist.
regular storm period extends from
The 9th to the 14th, is central on the
11th The Mercury period is central
on the 18th. reaching from the 9th to
the 10Th. Failing barometer and
49, 1tn will nvnr
the country from west to east from
about Sunday the 10th to THURSDAY,
the 1Ath. The crisis will fall on and
touching the 10. Heavy sleet
storms, turning to billiards. northward
may be expected. A cold wave. with
cloudy, clustering weather will follow
the storms for several days. Prepara-
ton and watchfulness should be your
watchwords.
reactionary storm period is CEN
trail on the 18th and 18th. The Mer-
curry disturbance Is still in force and
Will help to inclte storms of sleet and
snow on and touching these days. Cold
rains will pass over regions to the
southwark. High barometer and fris-
Id gales will bring fair, cold weather
following the storms.
regular storm period begins with
new moon on the 21st, is central on
the card, and extends to the 25th. De
cided change to warmer will appear
westward by the 21st, with falling
barometer and cloudiness. THESE
conditions will advance eastward, re.
suIting in decided winter storms from
Il Friday the % to Monday the 10Th
"a Look with confidence for these storms
? and for violent change to high baro-
meter and cold, pushing close on the
western tanks of storm areas. The
chances are that January thaw
Z NAV appear during this period, with
winter thunder and lightning on and
about the 25th. but cold will follow,
and don't forget it. Reports Of seismic
shakes in various parts OF the globe
will be most natural on or within
three to four days Of the 21st. We 10
not say that they must, as a physical
necessity. occur, or that they must be
destructive If they do occur; but we
do contend that this is a periodic time
when such phenomena are hundred
to one more probable. This being true
there are cosmic, scientific principles
behind it worth contending for.
A reactionary storm period has its
center on the 2Sth and 18th, at which
time the cold will relax, the barome
ter will fall and cloudiness with rain
and snow will reappear. At this clos
ing period for January, the indica
tons are that disturbances will ot
comparatively moderate. The condi
tions existing at the preceding period
the 21st to 25th promise much more
general and active storms, in which
cases the disturbed periods as rule
are longer continued, and the reaction
ary periods following are marked witt
less intensity. This is especially true
when no other astronomic causes are
bearing on the reactionary period, a:
is the case in this closing period fol
January.
We are reasonably certain that Jan
nary will not prove the most sever.
and disagreeable month of the preseG
winter. OF course there will be som'
severe winter storms, and cold waves
will follow each storm period in du'
order; but these will be what may b.
aalIed normal. There are no appaTen
causes for phenomenal weather eondi
ions, such as are usually to be expect
ed in this nid.winter month. Natural
ly the winters cold reaches it's max
mum in January, but such maximum
cold is not always attended by storm
out of the ordinary It is the nature
result Of cumulative cold, arising fron
The fact that continued long night
and short days have allowed tn
boreal influences to reach high It'd
in the northern hemisphere. <%he,
aggravating combinations OF aMrone
mic causes fall in January, thus antae
onizing and intensifying the natura
tendency to maximum cold, our wors
billiards. and greatest cold waves OF
cur. AS stated above no such COZ
centration OF astronomic causes fall
n the present month.
DEANDO