Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1902 — FEBRUARY WEATHER. [ARTICLE]

FEBRUARY WEATHER.

Hicks Gives the Following Forecast for the Month. From about the 6th to the 10bh, fails a regular and decided storm period. From about the 7th to 10th may be ex pected an unseasonable rise of temperature, the barometer will fall to low and threatening indications, and storms of marked energy will-organ ize in western extremes and take up their march westward across the country. During a period of three days, including the 9th and 10i.ii, no one need be surprised to see a warm wave for the seaso , attended by lightning and thunder, with heavy rains to the southward, turning to snow and blizzards along the north side of the country. Another high barometer, northwesterly gales and cold wave will follow closely behind these storms and spread progressively eastward over the country from about the 10th to the 13th. The regular storm period reaching from the 16th to the 20th will show strongly the influence of the Venus disturbance, combined with the growing Vernal equinox. High temperature, low barometer and rain, thunder and lightning will be the order during the first stage of the disturbance; but these will quickly give place to driving snow to the west and north, with change to high barometer, northwest gales and very much colder. The moon is full on the 22d and on the celestial equal on the 23d. This is also at a reactionary storm period. The chances are that heavy disturbance will develop in the gulf region about this time. Torrential rains will visit many sections during these disturbances and there will be danger of ice gorges and disastrous floods and overflows especially along narrow v.t! leysand obstructed rivers and streams Tropical thunderstorms, with chances good for high and dangerous winds, are indicated on and touching the 23 I. Storms will be general over rhe interior about this time Snow and blizzards will follow quickly on the heels of rain and thnn ler, and a v. >-y cold wave for the Heas-m wili push close after the western sides <■! storms.