The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-05-08
MAY WEATHER.
What Hicks Has Predicted for the
Present Month.

A reactionary storm period for
May is central about the Atm ana
runs from the End to the. 5th. As "a,
from the Venus and Jupiter 1 nlini
ences, storm causes are at mini
mum for this time. Moon will be in
conjunction with Venus the End, with
Jupiter the 4th, with Neptune the
9Th and with Saturn the It'll, Moon
at north declination the End, may
precipitate warm weather as we en-
ter May, following the last storm
period of April.
Storm causes would be minimum
for this period SO far as local causes
go, but we are entering a Venus dis
turbance, and also the annual pass
age of the earth through the solar
focus or using another term, zone
of. annual electromagnetic focus,
during which lightning and thunder
/ times appearing at nearly the same
hour of the day for several days IN
succession. This is also season for
sudden thunder storms, and when a
! Venus disturbance is present as now,
! hail often appears. AS storm areas
| pass eastward, barometer Will rise
and temperatures fall bringing clear
along the northern tier of states
The first regular storm period for
! May runs from the Sth to the 9Th
central about the 10th. Mars will be
+! just opposite the earth on the 9th
with the sun between the two. On
the 18th Saturn will be at quadra-
ture, having been in conjunction
/ on the equator at the center OF a
| Vulcan period the 9th.
| Let no one understand that we
predict storms for all days from the
| Sth to the 18th Of May. Two. or at
most three days is the normal time
! of storminess for any. one longitude,
excepting in periods Of some amor
mentioned for the last storm period
in April. and which will hold through
| most of this month and into June.
LAS we near the Venus perturbatlons,
running from the last Of April into
June and central about the l4th or
| / 9Th of May, we feel more and more
the Venus CHARACTERISTICS in storms:
downDours of rain, often with hail.
shifting winds and black. ugly look
! ing clouds, some Of which may de-
velop tornado storms, ETC., Will APP
pear during this and other May
| periods.
! May comes in within four days Of
an earthquake center, and il seismic
|
first days of May, dangerous storms
may not strike during this nresent
period. Anyway, it is always safer
to watch all black. threatening
clouds during spring storm periods.
Moon farthest from the earth for
the month on the 18th and full the
18th, may tend to prolong. Storm.
the period. Cool nights and warm
days should follow these storm peri
DDS. We pass out Of this storm
period within two weeks OF very
serious combination OF seismic prob
abilities.
The second reactionary storm
period includes the 4th to the 18th.
Moon in apogee, tfarthest from the
earth) the 18th and full the l4th,
the latter being the center also or
the Venus disturbance, and follow
ing the date or quadrature of Sat
urn, are the major noints to be con-
sidered for this period.
Any one of the CONGREGATIONS we
have named, occurring. mostly alone
would be enough to almost insure
light rains at least on the central
days Of the period. Coming so many
together may not mean that actual
developments will be those of one
cause multiplied by the member Of
seems to be a law of these things
that two or more storm producing
! causes Of like character. if coming at
one time, tend to neutraliZe each
other to some extent, but each ad-
ding it's mite to the grand total, new
ertheless. So whatever may develop
in your door-yard. it may be depend
country severe storms will be eH-
perienced during this period. In the
absence of seismic developments,
severe storms are likely to be the
commonest rule Hail storms are
almost certain for some sections and
electrical displays will disturb the
nerves of those who fear lightning
we have said about daily rains and
electrical displays for this, season.
Fairly cool weather for the season
is likely to follow these storms.
The second regular storm period
! for May runs from the 18th to the
22nd with the crisis about the 2lst
A Vulcan center falls on the goth.
moons last quarter is on the 22nd,
Uranus and moon are in conjunction
the 22nd and Uranus is. at quadra-
ture the 2$rd. s! s"1 is On the e
disturbance begins about the goth,
and we must not forget Jupiter even
though we do not mention his in
fluence with every storm period for
all this year.
Major storm causes are nearly
absent from this period, but are so
near to it on either side that no one
should be surprised if some severe
storms develop during the period.
+, Falling barometer and rising tenn
perature should appear in the west
as early as the 18th and low areas
start eastward. Indications point to
cloudiness, possibly for several days
OF the period in many sections. with
cool drizzling rains in some parts
during the latter days of the period.
| Hail is strong probability for parts
of the country where the barometer
! runs to low readings as the storm
area passes. Storms will be follow
! ed by cool shifting winds as tn
area passes to eastward. Fluctua-
! tons of temperature will probably
not be excessive for this. period, for
/ the reason that moon is on the
equator the 23rd, coming northward
from south declination, will be com
i pensated for by moons approach to
last quarter Fairly cool weather