The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-31
AUGUST WEATHER.
Hicks Says to Look Out for Storms
During Month of August.


| the End to the 7th, having it's center
on the 4th, we may expect all the
| phenomena usually attending such
periods at this season of the year
| The influences of the Mercury and
| Venus periods will also be felt in the
| storms and changes at this time. The
| Moon will be new, or in conjunction
with the Sun and Earth, on the End
| in perigee, or nearest the Earth, on
| the Bird, and on the celestial equator
| on the 5th, all of which will, to a
marked degree, intensity storm and
! seismic disturbances during this per-
iod. A wave of excessively high tenn
perature will appear in western sec
lions as early as the LIST, the barom-
eted will fall to very low readings,
cloudiness will rapidly ensue, and
storms of rain, thunder and wind will
organize and start on their eastward
| march across the country. On and
| touching the 3rd, 4th and 9Th, dan
gerous storms are probable, and no
reader of these forecasts should be
surprised by such disturbances. De-
structive hail, and probable tornad-
oes will be natural consequences,
especially in northern and north
| western parts of the country. Har-
vests in the northwestern states
will be endangered by great hail
storms on and about the days nam
ed. Black and ominous clouds, with
phenomenal lightning and thunder,
even where there is little or no rain
fall, will appear at this time. Our
Hygrometer is the thing to consult,
if you wish to know how much rain
fall is coming with the clouds, at
this or any other storm period. LOOK
for earthquake reports within four
days of the End, this being central
day of a marked seismic period.
Change to much cooler from about
the 9Th to 9Th.
A reactionary storm period is CEN
trail on the 10th, 18th and 18th, be-
ing at the center of the Mercury per-
iod Tendency to thick, general
cloudiness, with light, drizzling mist
and rain for several days, is charac-
teristic of these Mercury disturbanc-
es, causing heavy sleet in cold wealth
err. Good rains and heavy storms at
tend these Mercury periods when
combined with other astronomic
causes. Much cooler weather often
follows Mercury storms.
A regular storm period is central
with the full Moon on the 18th, cov-
ering the 14th to goth. Marked rise
in temperature, and falling barom-
eter will be advancing from the west
on the 18th and 18th, and threaten
ing, August thunder storms will
strike many and wide sections, as
they move eastward across the coun-
try. Heat, with rain, hail and
thunder will reach maximum over
central to northwestern states on
and touching the 18th. BY this time
Earth's autumnal equinox will begin
to make itself felt, and equatorial,
or West India hurricanes would not
be an unusual result 1t will be wise
to watch barometric conditions in all
the gulf and south Atlantic coast re-
gions at this time. These West IN
dia storms sometimes do their most
destructive work in August, as the
Sun sinks southwark toward the
equator,, Just as they do in Febru-
airy as the Sun approaches the YER
nal Equinox. There is a vast diff
ference in watching and being pre-
pared, even when no such storms ap-
pear, than in paying no attention to
the matter and being surprised and
overwhelmed by great cyclone. A
seismic period in which you will feel
or read about earthquakes is central
on the 10th, reaching from the 18th
to the goth. The usual high barom-
eter, attended by westardly winds
and change to cooler will pust close
behind the western sides of these
storms.
A reactionary storm period will
center on and touching the 22nd and
23rd, leaving but little intermission
between this and the preceding per-
iod. Cloudy and threatening condi-
tons will continue into this period, in
creasing into more decided and gen.
eral storms of rain, thunder and
wind on and about the 22nd and
23rd. The regular change to rising
barometer and cooler will succeed
these storms.
A regular storm period will extend
from the 25th to the 3Oth, having it's
center on the 9th. We will name
the 9th, 2Sth and 10Th as dates on
which disturbances will eliminate,
being preceded and followed by the
USUAL uISI anu last Stages VI lCS-
ular storm period. Your barometer
may render you a vitality important
service at this and other August per-
iods. Remember, all we have said
about August storms and weather
may be true with much less rainfall
than you would wish. An earthquake
period is central on the 31st, cover
ing the 2Sth to September the 4th.
Look for many and severe quakes
and volcanic outbursts. Readers
will take notice that there are three
eclipses from August 31st, to Sep
TENDER 29th-a partial eclipse of the
Sun on August 31st, a total eclipse
of the Moon on September 18th, and
a partial eclipse of the Sun again on
September 29th. This gives us two
eclipses of the Sun within one month,
or at two successive new Moons, and
an eclipse of the Moon at the full
Moon which intervenes between the
two eclipses of the Sun. All these,
it must be remembered, are in the
midst of the autumnal equinox,
bringing the Moon on the celestial
equator at the times of the eclipses.
Under this astronomic condition, we