Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-05
HICKS FORECAST
FOR OCTOBER
Snow Squalls And A Few Other
Things Characterize Tenth
Months Weather.
SOME REAcTIONARY STORMS
Astronomical Causes For Disturbances
Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus
Mercury and Vulcan
Influences

1 luttUEnCCS
! A regular storm period Is central on
September s01h, extending TO October
the 3rd or 4th. The western tangent
of these storms viii be coming down
from the west and north about the
LIST and End, attended by very high
bare meter, high gales, especially
over the lake regions. with early
snow squalls and change TO much
colder
A reactionary storm period is cen
| trail on the tn, 7th and Sth. At this
| time the moon is at last quarter and
| near its greatest declination north.
The earth, Mars and Jupiter infiu-
| ences will tend to threatening and
stormy conditions. The barometer
will fall, warmer winds will blow
from the south. and renewed, reac-
tionary rains will pass across the
country on and touching Sunday the
7th. BY the Sth, rising barometer,
westerly winds and change TO colder
viii be advancing out of the north
west. which conditions will spread
eastward and southwark from about
the Sth to the 10th
A regular storm period is central
on the 18TH, extending from the 10th
TO the 18th The moon is in apogee
on the 18th, on the celestial equator
on the 18th, and in conjunction with
earth and sun on the 18th. Look for
decided developments of storm condi-
tons in the west by the 18th to 18th.
Winds will become southerly and
warmer, the barometer will begin
falling. clouding will come on, and by
the 18th storms of wind rain and per-
| haps lightning and thunder, will de-
velop and take up their march to the
eastward. These storms will run
their course during the 18th, 14th and
18th, ending to the eastward by the
10th, with train of snow, possibly
] following from the northwest, ris-
ing barometer and change to much
colder If the Mars period shall have
come in with rough, autumnal storms
| q ndweather, look for dash of early
winter between the 10th and the 10Th
of October, in which event the cold
attending and following this period
will be severe enough to endanger
perishable products of farm, garden
and orchard.
A reactionary storm period is CEN
trail on the 18th, 10Th and goth.
Venus equinoctial disturbance begins
about the 18th, adding its perturbing
influence with those of earth, Mars
and Jupiter, at this and all other
storm periods during the remainder
Of October and far into November.
The moon is at extreme declinati0n
south on the goth, which fact will aid
in bringing currents of cold atmos-
phere from northerly regions. On
and touching the 18th, 10Th and goth.
the barometer will fall, winds will
shift to southerly, cloudiness will ga
Their. and areas Of autumnal rain will
pass from western to eastern sections
of the country.
A regular storm period is central
on the 23rd, extending from the 21st
to the 26th At this period we find a
very strong and dangerous combina-
tion of storm-producing causes, Jupi-
ter, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Vulcan
and earth are all present in their
combined disturbing energies. The
moon is at first quarter on the 23rd,
on the celestial equator on the 26th,
and in perigee on the 9th. If up to
this time, since the beginning of the
Mars period storms and weather have
been of warm and summerlike char
acter, look for the same, in kind, at
this time; if they have been of boreal
and autumnal nature, expect the
same, with greatly increased energy
and intensity between the 21st and
26th of October. At the oncoming of
this period the barometer will
promptly and plainly show that dis
turbances out of the ordinary are inn
pending. By the 23rd these disturb
ances will be organized in the west,
and during the oath. 25th and 26th,
storms of wide extent and marked
violence will visit many parts of the
country, in their rush from western
to eastern sections of the country
A reactionary storm period is cen
trail on the last four days Of Octo-
Der. We do not often have stronger
combination of astronomical causes
of disturbances than that existing at
this time. Added to Jupiter, Mars,
Venus, Mercury. Vulcan and earth in
fiuences, we find the moon at its full,
or in opposition with sun and earth,
on the 9Th, and0 on the same day the
planet Neptune is in quadrature with
earth and sun, and Venue is at the
center Of her period. We are to ex-
pect the same general character Of
storms and weather at this time as
prevailed during the preceding
period.