The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
THE APRIL WEATHER.
What Hicks, the St. Louis Weather
Prophet Predicts for This
Month.

A regular storm period covers the
first week in April, having it's center
on, Friday the 3rd. During the list
and End, marked change to warmer
will appe..r in western regions, winds
will change to easterly end souther-
ly, the barometer will begin falling,
and by the 3rd, cloudiness will en-
sue, and areas of wind, thunder and
rain will take up their march from
west to east. By the 4th and 5th
these areas Of storm and precipita-
ton will have reached the central
valleys of the Missouri and Missis-
sippi rivers, followed on western
TANKS by clearing and much cooler
weather. BY the 5th to 7th, storm
areas will reach the Atlantic coast
regions, with cooler, clearing wealth
err following into those regions i'm
medlately behind the storms. So far
as may be known, there are no indi-
cations of abnormal storms or wealth
er conditions at this time, except
probabilities of very cool nights and
frOsts for two or three mornings, at
ter the storms have gone east OF CIV
en- localities. The outlook is for
generally favorable conditions for
outdoor work.
A reactionary storm period is cen
trail from the Sth to the 18th. Storm
conditions will show sudden develop
warmer, south winds
and low barometer, merging into
electrical storms with rain, hail and
wind very prob bile in western sec
tons as early as the Sth. On that
date the Moon is on the celestial
approaching perigee and full
Moon on the 10th. Atmospheric con-
ditions will be exceptionally favor
able for hail storms for two to four
days, eginning the Sth. These dis
it must be remembered,
like all other storm developments,
have their origin in western extremes
early in the period, thence traversing
the country from west to east dur
ing successive days of the period.
Warm, weather breeding days with
fair weather and falling barometer,
20 before the storm areas, with rls-
ing barometer and clearing, cooler
weather following behind the storms.
This gives each locality, let US repeat
as rule, during the tlmc elapslng
between the beginning of one storm
period and beginning of next storm
period, first, few days of growing
weather, fair and falling barometer,
second, areas of cloudiLess, storml-
ness and precipitation, third, rising
barometer, westerly winds, and clear
cooler weather. Any one who will
fix this order in his mind, and watch
tho storm periods, as outlined and
charted in this almanac, will lnvarl-
ably be prepared for the successive
weather changes of each period.
this order will begin a
day or so earlier, and at other times
later, but such precipitation or retar-
dation will not break up the regular
order, all of which the careful, wide
awake observer will soon come to
A regular storm period extends
from the 18th to the 18th. With
the exception of the expiring inf1u-
ence of Earth's vcrnal equinox,
blended with the subsiding Jupiter
period there are few disturbing caus-
ca bearing on this, and the remain
ing periods in April. This period will
come to- its crisis ON and touching
the 18th, 18th and 18th. Look hrst
for the change to warmer, followed
81 cloudino6s, falling barometer and
rsin. Winding up with rising baron
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