A MANNER OF FORECASTING WEATHER.


Almanac predictions can be nothing but conjecture, the Earth's subjection to many unknowable and undeterminable forces rendering such calculations scientifically impossible. It is practicable, however, by the following rules drawn from actual results during very many years of observation and applied with due regard to the subjects of solar and lunar attraction with reference to this p1anet to, in a measure, foresee the kind of weather most likely to follow the moon's change of phase.

If new moon, first quarter, full moon, or last quarter happens.	*****IN SUMMER*****	*****IN WINTER*****
between midnight and 2am	Fair......(1 and 2)	Frost, unless wind is S.W. (7)
Between 2am and 4am	Cold and Showers.	Snow and Stormy.
Between 4am and 6am	Rain......	Rain......
Between 6am and 8am	Wind and Rain.....	Stormy
Between 8am and 10am	Changeable.....	Cold Rain if wind W., snow if E.
Between 10am and 12am	Frequent showers (3)	Cold and high wind...
Between noon and 2pm	Very rainy....(4)	Snow or rain
Between 2pm and 4pm	Changeable ....(5)	Fair and mild
Between 4pm and 6pm	Fair.........	Fair.........
Between 6pm and 8pm	Fair if wind N.W.	Fair and frosty if wind N. or N.E.
Between 8pm and 10pm	Rainy if S., or S.W.	Snow or Rain if S., or S.W.
Between10pm and midnight	Fair..........	Fair and frosty.

1. Observations. The nearer the moon's change, first quarter, full and last quarter to midnight, the fairer will be the weather during the next seven days.

2. The space for this calculation occupies from ten at night till two next morning.

3. The nearer to midday or noon the phase of the moon happens, the more foul or wet weather may be expected during the next seven days.

4. The space for this calculation occupies from ten in the forenoon to two in the afternoon. These observations refer principally to summer, though they affect spring and autumn in the same ratio.

5. The moon's change, first quarter, full and last quarter happening during six of the afternoon hours,i.e., from four to ten, may be followed by fair weather, but this is mostly dependent on the wind, as is noted in the table.

6. Though the weather, from a variety of irregular causes, is more uncertain in the latter part of autumn, the whole of winter and the beginning of spring, yet, in the main, the above observations will also apply to these periods.

7. To prognosticate correctly, especially in those cases where the wind is concerned, the observer should be within sight of a vane where the four cardinal points of the compass are correctly placed.