Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-28
HICKS WEATHER FORECAST

A regular storm period extends over
the 1st to the 9Th, having it's center on
the Srd. The mercury period Is also
central on the 4th. extending quite to
the 14th. General cloudiness and
threatening weather will prevail as we
PASS from September into October, but
these conditions will increase into
| positive storms of rain, wind and
| thunder, on and touching the 3rd 4th
and 9Th. These storms promise gener-
| a! rains and will wind up with much
cooler autumnal winds and weather.
Sections along the north side of the
| country may possible have a. touch of
early sleet and snow, along with the
high barometer that is sure to press
close on the western TANKS of these
storms. 1t will be the proper thing to
watch for high northwesterly gales
over the great lakes at this period.
Frosty nights, when the absence of
natural in northernly directions from
about the 9Th to the Sth.
! "A reactionary storm period is CEN
trail on the 9th and 10th. Although the
Mercury period and earth's autumnal
equinox are both bearing on all this
part of October. we figure that this re-
action period will bring only moderate
disturbances. The temperature will rise
and the barometer will fall and in
| creased cloudiness may result in light
rains, with change to cooler returning
about the 10th to 18th.
| A regular storm period is central on
the 14th. covering the 18th to 18th.
| This period embraces moon in apogee
and on the celestial equator on the
18th, and new moon on the 14th.
About the 18th decided storm condi-
| tions will begin forming In the west.
BY the 18th and 14th the temperature
will be high, and the barometer will
be low and falling in western sections
and from Wednesday the 18th to Sun
day the 18th, heavy autumnal storms,
/ with lightning and thunder on and
touching the 18th, will pass from west
to east across the country. The same
period comprises very marked seis-
mic period, central on the 14th. At
| this time the planet Saturn Is in oppo-
sition with earth and sun, and uranus
and Neptune are in quadrature with
earth and sun within few hours of
the name time. This astronomic out
| look, all within two days of Moons
conjunction with Earth and Sun on the
the 14th, greatly increases the prob
| abilities of storms, seismic shakes and
1 general volcanic and auroral manifes-
tations. This is a time when navigat-
ors of the north Atlantic and the
great lakes should exercise care
against possible danger. Change to
much colder, with high barometer, and
violent gales Will wind UP this per-
Iiod.
/ A reactionarv storm period is CEN
trail on the 10Th. goth and 21st. This
period finds the Moon at greatest de-
clination south on the 10Th, which fact
will help to incite disturbances of a
boreal nature. that is. a tendency to
cold rains. with atmospheric currents
flowing from northerly directions. On
the west and northwest tangent of
rain areas at this time, it will not be
surprising if spurts of early snow and
sleet appear, and as precipitation and
lcloudiness move out of the way to the
eastward fair weather, frosty nights
and low temperature generally will
spread over the country for several
days. We repeat our caution of pos
sible gales over the great lakes at all
these October periods, attended by
very chilly. disagreeable weather. The
Moons FIRST quarter on the 22nd will