The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-08
WHAT HICKS PROMISES.
a Little of all Kinds of Weather is
Promised During April.

A fractional storm period is central
on the 9TH and 8th. This period is
covered by the mercury disturbances
and will bring renewal of low baron.
eter and storms of rain and possibly
sleet and snow. With SO many other
causes bearing on this mercury period,
late in the season as it is, people in the
northern states should not he surprised
by destructive sleet storms, and even
billiards., at either of the first three
storm periods in April.
A regular storm period, embracing
the central days of both the Mars and
the Mercury periods, covers the 18th to
the 10th, being central with moons
last quarter on the 18th. This is an
other period when the characteristics
of the Mars influence will be present
to marked degree. Vicious thunder
storms, heavy rains, with destructive
hail in many localities, will result at
this time, if boreal influences have not
phenomenally dominated storm and
weather thus far in the Mars period.
If snow, sleet and general cold have
predominated, this period will bring un
seasopably heavy snow, sleet and cold.
Ii warm, tropical conditions prevail at
this time, many dangerous, tornado
storms will be natural and inevitable.
Our eff in this forecast need not con-
fuse or perpleN any intelligent reader
or observer; whatever happens will be
OF an extreme order, and the general
character of what is coming will be
indicated long before hand.
A reactionary storm period is central
on the 18th, 10Th and Goth, embracing
moon in perigee and on the celestial
equator on the 18th and new moon on
the 10Th. This period promises to be
practically prolongation of the pre-
ceding period, caused by the continued
influences Of Mercury, Earth, Venus
and Mars. The disturbances Of this
period will be characterized mainly
by the same kind of phenomena. On
and touching the 18th and 10Th sudden
high temperature, with very threaten
ing barometer, and thunder, rain and
hail are most probable. Tornadoes are
not improbable in many sections GEN.
trail and southwark. A period of five
days, taking noon on the 10Th as
the center is a time of great seismic
probability. A casual watch of the
worlds telegraphic reports will confirm
the truth of this, and other similar fore
casts. Frosts, and much cooler will
follow this period.
A regular storm period is central on
the 18th, covering the 23d to 18th, hav-
ing moon at greatest declination north
on the 24th, and at first quarter on the
9th. Another marked fall of the ba-
rometer will set in to the west at the
entrance of this period, followed closely
by cloudiness, higher temperature and
rain. Storm areas will grow wider and
gain intensity as they reach central
parts of their eastward march. From
about the 18th to 18th storms will
eliminate from the Mississippi valley
eastward to the Atlantic. High ba-
rometer, west winds, and possible snow
squalls to the northward need not be a
surprise on the rear tangents of these
storm areas. Much cooler weather
with frost will be quite natural during
the last four or five nights of the month.
Whatever peculiar intensity the Mars
period may fasten upon the general
phenomena in March and April, it will
subside, in great measure, by the end
of April, leaving, it is hoped, more
placid possibility for the month of May.
If the first half of April is not char
acterized by frequent and intense
storms of some kind, seismic disturb.
ances will be more severe and general,
thus relieving the astronomic strain.