The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-10-02

October Weather to The U nj
! on News devil, winter officially began last
Monday, when said devil had to klndle his frst
fire this season. The thermometer of the
Weather Bureau at Baltimore marked no
lower than 54 degrees, but persons living in
! the lowlands of the county reported tempera-
| lures 10 degrees lower. But, then, we can
| beat the city in almost anything we under
| take.
Followers of Prophet Hicks will note with
satisfaction his predictions, made year
ago. that the closing week Of September and
the first few days of October will mark the
close of summer and the change to autumnal
conditions. Critics might say that this would
be pretty safe guess under almost any circum-
stances 1t will be seen that Hicks and the
devil-that is, The Union News devil-agree,
although the DEVILS announcement was made
after the fact-the safest way to prophecy.
According to Mr.. Hicks, the storm period that
he scheduled for the latter part of September
will last over until October 6, when 1T will
clear off cold and the northern sections may
possibly have a touch of early sleet and snow.
Frost may be expected from the 9th to the Sth
if "Mercurialr clouds are absent. The Union
News private weather prophet butts IN here to
say that October and 10 will be much
more likely period to look for frost, so the
next two weeks will tell whether he or Hicks
is the greater prophet, or whether neither OF
them know anything about it.
One of Mr.. Hicks "reactionary storms" is
booked to hold the boards from october 10
II. This period promises nothing exciting.
Moderate weather and some light rains are to
be looked for, but the "inconstant moon" Will
indulge in apogee and get astrde the celestial
equator on the 18th. and this will make
trouble Storm conditions will begin to de-
velop about the 18th, and from Wednesday,
October 49, to the following Sunday there will
be heavy storms, with thunder and lightning.
This, as well as the storm period at the begin
ming of the month, will be good time for
earthquakes. A change to much colder. with
high winds, will wind up this period. To get
rid of the earthquakes while we are about it,
within go hours of noon on October 20.
A ''reactionary storm period" is central on
October 49, 20 and 81. The moon will be far
south on the 10Th, and this is expected to cause
downrush of cold air from the territory over
which Cook and Peary are wrangling. Cold
rains will be natural consequence, with snow
and hail in the North and Northwest. The
moons first quarter, on October ", will tend
to prolong the nasty weather at this period.
Fair weather, with frosty nights, will then
spread over the country for several days.
Careful students of the moon, noting that our
neighbor will be on the celestial equator on
the 9th and in perigree on the 9th, will not
be surprised to learn that she will be full on
the 2Sth. All this, with some interference on
the part of Venus, will have bearing on the
next regular storm period.n This will ex-
tend from the oath to the Doth, giving the last
two days of the month as a headache period to
to get over the weather spree. This last storm
period will be pronouncedly warm and wet,
with high tides and dangerous gales. This
will be followed, of course, by "reactionary
storm period" and we may step across the
border line of November far enough to say
that rain is predicted for Election Day.