The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-06-29
JULY WEATHER.
Irl r. Hicks Predicts Many Severe
Storms for Coming Month.


A reactionary storm period is CEN
trail on the End, 3rd and Attn. me
Mercury period is central on the Ord
Earth is in aphelion, or at greatest
distance from the Sun, on the End,
and Venus is at inferior conjunction,
or between Earth and Sun, on the
3rd. On and touching Sunday the
End, to Tuesday the 4th, the barom-
eter will fall, beginning in western
parts about the End, and advancing
progressively eastward, bringing in
creasing cloudiness, with restless,
threatening winds and high temper
AZURE. Rain and thunder storms
will break in many sections at the
center and around the TANKS OF the
advancing storm area. These storms
will eliminate in crisis about the
3rd and 4th, passing from central
parts of the country to eastern ex-
tremes on and next to these days.
The Mercury influence will cause a
spell of prolonged cloudiness, with
tend encies to drizzling rain, beyond
the limits of this reactionary period.
The probabilities are that electrical
storms may increase to another crl-
sis on and touching the 9Th, the
Moon being on the celestial equator
on that day. Temporary rise of bar
ometer, and change to somewhat
cooler will naturally follow these
storms.
A regular storm period is central
on the 9Th, extending over Friday
the 7th, to Wednesday the 18th.
The Moon is at first quarter on the
9Th, and at greatest south declina-
ton on the 18th. The Mercury dis
turbance will also continue in its dis
turbing force into and perhaps to the
close of this period. BY the 18th and
oth, the temperature will be rising
very high in western extremes, fall
ing barometer will attend high tenn
erature, clouds will form and these
conditions will begin to move east
ward across the country. By the 9Th
and 10th these disturbances will
show themselves in the Mississippi
valley, in the form of very black and
clustering thunder clouds. These
storms will be Immediately preceded
by a phenomenally cold wave, all
across the country, giving rise, in a
great many localities, to very violent
and dangerous summer gusts. There
storms, but not in proportion gener-
ally to the amount Of threatening and
buster. There will be local down
pours, here and there, as the storm
centers move eastwardly across the
country, amounting to cloud-bursts
and local floods; but an over-abund-
ance of diffused rains is not to be ex-
pected. Rising barometer shifting
of winds to westerly, and change to
cooler, fair weather, will move in
from the west for several days be-
hind these storms.
A reactionary storm period is CEN
trail on the 18th, 18th and 10th. The
full Moon, or Moons opposition with
the Sun and Earth, falls on the 18th.
This opposition is at an eclipse node,
bringing an eclipse of the Moon on
the 14th. This implies, of course,
that the Sun, Earth and Moon will be
on direct line with each other at
that time, thus aggravating and in
tensifylng the waves or lines Of ply
steal force by plying between the
sun and the planetary body, greatly
increasing the probabilities of mag
netic, electric and atmospheric con-
WILSON'S: seismic, volcanic and
earthquake unrest is perceptibly in
creased at such times. Another fact
which tends greatly to intensity dis
turbances at this period, is that the
Moon is at it's perigee at the time
of this conjunction and eclipse-al-
most at the same hour of the eclipse,
on the 14th. There will be a decided
return of storms, and general storm
conditions, central on the / 4th, 18th
and roth. A threatening fall OF the
barometer will precede ominous,
black clouds, the temperature will
rise to phenomenal degrees OF
warmth, storms of lightning thunder
and rain, attended by gales, amount
ing to local tOrnadoes, will very prob
lions. 1t is not improbable that the
Venus disturbance VIII begin to at
feet storm and weather conditions at
this time, in which event, look for
vicious electrical storms, attended by
hail storms of destructive force.
These storms will end with rapidly
rising barometer, change to westerly
winds and decidedly cooler nights.
A regular storm period is central
on the goth, reaching from the 18th
to the 23rd. The Moon is on the &C.
lestial equator on the 18th, is in con-
junction with Jupiter on the 22nd,
and at last quarter on the 21st. Mer-
curry is in perihelion on the Goth
and Venus is in aphelion on the 22nd.
The Venus equinox blends with the
regular Vulcan" period, while the
conjunction of the planet Neptune
with Earth and Sun on the 25th, ex-
tends it's perturbing influence quite
over this whole period. The mid
summer drawbacks" may be said to
exist at this time-that is, the tend
ency to minimum rain falls will be
strongly in evidence, when light and
scattering rains only are to be ex-
pected to result. But the beginning
of the Venus period, blended with
the other astronomical causes named
above, give good promise of more
than minimum rains at this and fol-
lowing July periods. From the 18th
the date when the Moon is on the ce-
lestial equator, passing to north de-
clination, there will be marked
and rapid fall of the barometer in
western parts, high temperature, in
creasing as the wave moves eastward,
and growing cloudiness breaking