Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1916 — Hicks’ Prediction For February. [ARTICLE]

Hicks’ Prediction For February.

A reactionary storm period is central the 4th, sth and 6th. The moon is on the celestial equator on the 6th. A regular storm period is central on the 10th, covering Tuesday the Bth, to Sunday the 13th. During the 9th to about the 11th, these conditions will advance into the great central valleys, breaking into storms or wind and rain. Meanwhile rising barometer and change to snow and colder will appear wetft and north. From the 11th to 13th the storm center will pass from central regions to the Atlantic seaboard, snow and change to much colder, following the storms into the extreme east and the south. A reactionary storm period will run its course on the 15th to the 18th. This period will be affected by the first stages of the March, or Vernal equinox of the earth, by the opening of the mercury equinox, and by the moon’s opposition to earth and sun, near the celestial equator. A regular storm period is central on the 22nd, extending over Sunday, the 20th, to Friday, the 25th. The disturbing periods of Vulcan and Mercury have their centers together on the 22nd. The Mercury period extends from the 17th th the end of the month. Wind, snow and thunder will succeed by snow and sleet and changes to very cold; all these phases touching progressively, during successive day sos the period, in aIL parts of the country. Danger of equinoctial storms in the south should be apprehended during and about this period. A reactionary storm period is central on the last three days of February. As we enter March, general rains, turning to sleet and snow will be disappearing eastward with cold, clearing weather following in their rear.