The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-09-30
OCTOBER WEATHER.
Here Is What Hicks, the st. Louis
PrOgnOsticatOr, Has Dished Up
for the Coming Month.

End, followed by rising barometer,
Dortherly winds and clearing, much
colder weather. FrOsts at night from
about the End to 4th.
The first regular storm period Is
central on the 7th, extending from
the 5th to 10th, inclusive.
Disturbing causes and what to.
look for-This regular Vulcan per-
iod is strongly reinforced by the
Moon on the equator on the 9TH, and
in conjunction with Earth and Sun
on the 8th. The Earth and the Mars
disturbances overlap the period, also
the Mercury disturbances adding its
disturbing force to the whole combl-
nation. Study the October storm d1a-
gram. In all such astronomical COM
binations, it is not only exceedingly
interesting, but tremendously impor-
tant to study the movement OF q re-
liable barometer. Look for changes
to much warmer in western extremes
as we enter this period, with south
winds and rapidly falling barometer.
This will cause warmer, threatening
weather, falling barometer and
cloudiness to advance eastward, in
advance of rain, wind and thunder
storms. These storms will reach
their eliminating crisis on and next
to the 7th, Sth and 9Th, each success
sive day adding strength and extent
to storm areas, as they pass the CEN
trail regions of the country, and on to
the Atlantic coast regions. Heavy
October thunder storms will center
on and touching the 9TH. The tenn
perature will remain high, the bar
ometer low, and storms will continue
in aggravated form over the 9Th, and
into the 9th, reaching eastern ex-
tre1les about the 9th and 10th. AS
the barometer rises in areas west OF
the advancing storm centers, cool to
cold autumnal winds, with possibly
slice. and snow squalls in the north
west. will push close on the heels
OF the storms to the Atlantic coast
states. Very cool weather, with gen.
eral frosts over central and northern
regions. may reasonably be looked
for from about the 9th to the 18th. 1t
will be we'll to note carefully the
weather reculiarities at this, and the
next following storm periods, as we
are now entering the Mars period,
and the character of the storms and
weather II, - prevailing will give us
hint OF much we may expect, for the
remainder of October and through
November. If rough, autumnal
storms and weather should be the
rule at this and following storm per-
iods, it may be put down as a reason
able certainty that November, and
| slice of early December, will be toa
great extent of like character. But
this, we have often explained, does
not mean that the same kind OF
storms and weather must prevail ev-
ervwhcre. Each general or wide sub
division OF the globe may experience
widely different kinds, or degrees OF
weather: but each subdivision will
have a prolonged continuation OF
conditions prevailing as we enter
we'll into the Mars period.
The second reactionary storm per-
| iod is central on and touching the
18th and 14th. The Mercury brace
is central on the 18th, and its in
fluence will dominate weather and
storm conditions from about the 7th
to the 18th, causing prolonged cloud
mess and threatening weather from
one period into another. But these
conditions will rise into decided dis
turbances on and touching the 18TH
and l4th. Rains will have tend
ency to early sleet, and marked cold
will come with the rising barometer
following.
The second regular storm period is
central on the 18th, extending it's in
fluence from the 18th to the 2lst,
inclusive.
Disturbing causes and what to
look for-The regular Vulcan period
hx, ho
ed influences Of Mercury and Mars:
The Moon passes over the celestial
equator on the goth, going from
south to north declination. This
fact promises to temper the atmos-
phere with warmer, southerly winds,
with October rains and thunder
storms on and about the goth. Inc
regular fall and rise of the baromet-
er, passing eastwardly across the
country in regular, successive ORDER
will mark this period. warmer
weather, falling barometer, cloudl-
ness and rain will mark the first
| stages; rising barometer with pos
sibly early spurts of snow, ana
change to clearing, colder weather
will mark the last stages. This is
the infallible law, and every reader
| OF these IOreCaSLSs Will PAOPoi !!
filled and balanced head on his
shoulders, should long agao have
Learned to see when the first stages
or the last stages of all storm periods
are going to pass his patch.
| The third reactionary storm is cen
trial on the 23rd, Gath and 25th. The
opposition of the Moon on the 22nd,
will tend to bridge over the time
from the preceding period, bringing
continued, threatening weather into
this reactionary period. At all events
you may look to see quickened baro-
metric changes, with responding
cloudiness, precipitation and winds,
on and touching the 23rd, oath and
t25th, followed promptly by rising
barometer, spurts of early snow, and
clearing, colder weather. "Why do
we keep on saying these same old
words?" Simply because the eternal
laws of God keep on bringing back
the same old results. These are
facts we are after learning-eh?
The third regular storm period is
/ oox<,o1 rn tho 9nth ovfondinp from