The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-08-01
August Weather.

Here is what Irl R. Hicks, the
St. Louis weather prophet predicts
in the way of weather for the month
of August:
A regular storm period is central
on the 1st, covering July 30th to
August 4th. BY the End, the baro-
meter will fall to marked storm
conditions in western and central
regions, the temperature will rise
to great warmth, and storms OF
lightning, thunder, wind and rains
will break into very violent gusts
and gales in many localities, as the
general storm area passes eastWardly
across the country. The Venus in
fluence will be strong at this time,
and vicious electrical storms, with
hail in northwestern to northern
regions, will be followed by sudden
change to unseasonably cool for two
or three days. Local cloudbursts
will most likely occur, here and
there in central to eastern states,
but there will be great shortage in
widely distributed rains.
A reactionary storm period has
it's central days. on the 9TH, 9Th and
9th. At this time the thermometer
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atures, the barometer will fall and
black, threatening storm clouds,
with probability of violence, will
country. Great buster and threat
ening thunder may be looked for,
but rains will probably not prove
as copious and general as needed.
Another break in the temperature
will give temporary respite from
summer heat about the 9th, 10th
and 18th.
A regular storm period embraces
the 18th, to 18th, central on the
18th. The moon is new and in peri
gee on the 18th, and on the celestial
equator on the 18th. The center of
the Venus period is on the 18th, CO.
incident with the center of this Vul-
can period. The autumnal equinox
of the earth is also present at this
time. Look for marked fall of the
barometer in western part by the
18th, and during the 18th, 14th 18th
and 10th, violent storms of rain,
wind and thunder, with destructive
hail northward, will pass eastwardly
across the country. West India
storms, hurricanes and tidal waves
very probable in the gulf and south
coast regions. An unreasonable
change to cooler, with frosts, pos
sibly, in the north, will come with
the rising barometer behind these
storms. A seismic period-one that
will be heard from involves the
9th to 18th, central on the 18th.
Watch and see!
A reactionary storm period has
it's central days on the 18th, 18th and
goth. The growing combination
of astronomic causes, shown in the
storm diagram, promises renewed and
violent disturbance at this time
another time when your barometer
will prove your best friend. Anoth-
er change to cooler will follow dur
ing the goth to 23rd.
A regular storm period covers the
23rd to 9th, central on the24th.
Moon in apogee on the 25th and full
on the 9th. The center of Mer-
curry period is on the 25th. Be on
the watch for equinoctial storms in
the south! Very low barometer
will warn of danger at this period,
with bestindicationsf for general rains.
Another seismic period involves the
Oath to Goth, centering on the 9th.
The general disturbances at this time
promise to be aggravated and pro-
longed into the reactionary storm
period, central on the 10th, 3Oth and
31st. The moon passes over the &C.
lestial equator on the goth, near it's
full. The autumnal equinox of the
earth will also bear heavily on the
period, the Jupiter, the Venus and
the Mercury periods adding their
forces to the strong combination.
The barometer should be carefully
watched during the last ten days
of August, especially in the gulf re-
gions, and all indications of West
India storms should be promptly
needed. August promises to go out
with storms, and threatening wealth
er generally, passing eastwardly
over the country. Change to much
cooler, and possibly frost northward
will attend high harnmeter at clnSa