The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-29
FEBRUARY WEATHER.
As Predicted by Rev. Irl r. Hicks,
the St. Louis Demonstration.

| A regular storm period is central
on the 4th, extending from the End
to the 18th. The Mercury equinoctial
disturbance is also central on the 4th.
The Mercury influence is continued
over from the last days of January,
bringing with it cloudy, threatening
conditions. BY the End and 3rd,
| marked fall of the barometer will be
noted in western parts. Southcrly
winds and change to warmer will APP
pear merging into storms, first of
! rain, wind and possibly thunder,
! turning later into snow, sleet and
furious billiards. over much of the
country, central and northward.
These storms will reach their culmin-
ating crisis over the central valleys
on and touching the 5th and 9Th, dis
appearing along the Atlantic coast
regions day or two later. A very
high barometer, with sweeping north
westerly gales, and cold wave of
marked intensity, will constitute the
western tangents of these distur-
Dances, all advancing southeastward,
the climax of high barometer and
| cold appearing one or three days be-
hind the first stages of the storms. If
| the Mars influence should have modi-
fled the winter storms and weather
up to this period, its dominating in
fluence will begin to break down at
| this time and some of the hardest
storms and most severe weather for
the winter will come during the re-
mainder of February. If the Mars
period should have taken the posi-
tive turn--that is should it have re-
suited in severe winter in December
and January-conditions will begin
to change at this time into softening
weather, and storms of a more equa-
torial and tropical nature will char
acteriZe the rest Of the month.
A reactionary storm period will
bring falling barometer. change to
warmer, and return to cloudiness
and storms of rain, wind and snow.
The crisis of this period will fall on
the 10th, 18th and 18th, notably on
the l tn and 18th, as the Moon is in
perigee on the It'll, and on the ce-
lestial equator on the 18th. following
the full moon on the | 9th. The storm
diagram also shows that the Venus
equinox begins to bear on this period.
Growing probability of West India
storms in the extreme south, and
=
Gus counter storms which end at
this time, will cause much and de-
structive sleet during it's continuance
the first ten days of February Pierre
ing cold will visit most parts of the
country from about the 18th to the
| 4th.
A regular storm period covers the
| 4th to the 18th, having it's center on
the 10th. By this time we will have
entered we'll into the Earths Vernal
equinox, and the Venus equinoctial
period will be approaching it's maxi
mum strength. 1t must not be for
gotten, also, that the great Jupiter
perturbation has not yet subsidized. AS
we approach the middle and close of
February, growing danger Of equa-
torial storms and tornadoes in the
south should be apprehended. Let
it never be forgotten that the in-
fiuence of the March equinox OF the
Earth begins in February, and that
some of the most violent West India
hurricanes and cyclones sometimes
occur during the last half of this
month AS early as the 14th and
5th, change to warmer will begin
in western extremes, the barometer
will begin falling, winds will shift to
southerly, and storms of rain, wind
and snow will start on their eastward
career By the 18th to 18th these
storms will grow in severity as they
cover the great central valleys of the
continent. BY the 18th storms will
reach the Atlantic coast region, and
the rising barometer, blizzardous
winds and cold wave which are sure
to pust the west, and northwest side
of storm areas, will have spread we'll
over all western and central parts of
the country. These conditions will
advance eastward and southwark,
giving the whole country mixture
OF horeal and tropical storms. fol-
lowed everywhere by ris. lg tarom
eter, and sharp cold February. Re-
member the electric fire of Venus
turns quickly to ice'-that is, warm
waves, with rain, thunder and hail.
followed within 2 few hours, by slect,
snow 1r@ violent change ,C colder.
are the characteristic features oc he
Venus influence See if the storms at
this peri 1.-THE 14th to l9th-do
not show some such Venus ear
marks The Venus period is central
on the Gath, covering almost the en-
tire month of February and into
March. A reactionary storm period
has it's center on the 21st, 22nd and
23rd The new Moon 1T Solar eclipse
node falls on the oath. the cenler OF
the Venus nei iod. The Larth's Yer
nal equinox, and the Jupiter r-
fuence will all be felt at this and
other February storm periods. Low
barometer and high temperature will
presage violence and probable dan
ger at this time. Storm conditions
of this period will not subside until
after the Moons conjunction with
the Earth and Sun on the Gath. The
probabilities are that storms ana
threatening conditions will last INFO
the regular storm period inst ahead.
If heavy ice exists at this time in
rivers and streams-a thing natnr-
ally to be expected-there will be
great danger of destructive ice jams
and floods, as another feature of the
Venus equinox ia abnormal down
pours of rain. Localities specially
exDOsed to auch n0ssihilities will do