Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-01
HICKS FORECAST
FOR NOVEMBER
Fluctuations OF Barometer Inter-
esting Sight.
REGULAR STORM PERIODS
With Blasts Of Snow, NorthwesterIy
Gales And Colder Weather
Predicted.

/ 0AiCS anu NotutI UCdtuCi
Predicted.
| November, the eleventh month, its
name a misnomer, viii bring with it
any number of storms, says the Rev.
| Irl Hicks in his forecast.
A regular storm period is central on
the 9th. reaching from the 1st to the
7th During this period we have the
Moon at extreme north declination on
the End, and at last quarter on the
9Th Vulcan, Mercury, Venus, Mars
and Jupiter are all involved in the dis
turbances of this period. while Mer-
curry is in conjunction, and Saturn is
| in quadrature with Earth and Sun
The peculiar effects of the Venus in
| fiuence viii be in evidence at this
timethat is sudden revulsion to
much warmer will usher in the period,
the barometer will fall decidedly, and
| storms of wind, rain and possibly
| thunder. will "open the ball" but
winds viii suddenly shift to westerly,
rain viii turn to sleet and snow over
Northern States, and for two to three
days-say from about the 4th to the
| 9Th, expect an ugly condition of the
weather--cloudy and bleak, with driz-
zle and sleet, winding up with severe
snow squalls. followed by much colder
and clearing weather.
A reactionary storm period is CEN
| tral on the 9th, 10th and 11th The
| Moon passes over the celestial equa-
tor, going southwark on the 9th. The
Venus disturbance is in full force,
with the Jupiter period, of course,
| covering all the rest of the year. On
and about the 9th, expect the tempera-
ture to rise rapidly, the barometer
viii fall, with tendency to electrical
storms, but followed quickly by west
eTly winds, splitting snow and change
to much colder. Freezing and frosts
are to be expected for several days,
and over most parts Of the country,
from about the 11th to the 18th.
A regular storm period is central
on the 18th, covering the 18th to the
18th At this time, we still have the
Jupiter and Venus influences blended
with the vulcan period" with the
7 Moons conjunction with Earth and
Sun on the 14th. and at greatest south
declination on the 10th. There is
| sufficient force in this astronomic to
warn us Of possible Iorceful storms.
These storms will run their course
eastwardly across the country on
and about the 18th, 10th and 18th.
Much colder weather will follow in the
track Of these storms, and prevail for
several days, even into the south ter
ritory.
| A reactionary storm period is CEN
tral on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd. This
| period is near the close of the Venus
disturbance, but will still be partly
under the influence of that period.
Jupiter holds with growing strength.
The Moon is at first quarter on the
21st, on the celestial equator on the
23rd and in perigee on the gath. 1t
| will begin to grow warmer about the
20th, in western extremes. Falling
| barometer viii set in by the 21st,
the winds will fall to southerly, and
cloudiness, merging into autumnal
rains. will pass from west to east,
from about Wednesday, the 21st, to
Saturday the oath The tail end" of
the disturbances viii bring change to
rising barometer, blasts of November
snow, northwesterly gales. clearing
and much colder weather
A regular storm period is central on
the 27th, extending from the 25th to
the 30th. The Vulcan and Jupiter in
fluence operate together. without
other planetary combinations at this
time, except that the opposition of the
planet Jupiter falls on the 29th The
full Moon. or Moons opposition to Sun
and Earth, falls on the 2Sth, and
Moons greatest north declination falls
on the 29th Hence, we believe that
the last few days of November, reach
ing into the opening days of Decem-
ber, will be characterized by many
such phenomena, some of which will
be out of the ordinary. 1t will prove
very interesting and instructive to
watch the fluctuations of the barome-
ter. say for week before and after
November the 2Sth Northern lights,
meteroic displays. with possibly many
winter thunder storms, will be in or
der on and about the 2Sth and 29th,
scattering out over much wider
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