SAXBY'S PREDICTIONS FOR 1864 AND 1865

New Zealander, Volume XXI, Issue 2223, 14 September 1864, Page 6

SAXBY'S PREDICTIONS FOR 1864 AND 1865

List of days on which the weather may reasonably be suspected as liable to change, most probably towards the winds or lower temperature, being especially periods of atmospheric disturbance. September 2ad£ 9th ; ,15th; 22nd ; 29th, October 6th; 13th to 15th; 19th; 26th. November 2nd and 3rd ; 9th ; 15th ; 23rd; 30th, December 6th, 13th; 20th; 27th. 1865.—January 3rd ; 9th; 16th; 24th; 30th. Februafy sth; 13th; 20th; 26th. N.B.—February 26th is likely to be a dangerous period, with probably a high tide. March sth; 12th; 19th; 26th. N.B. —Match 26th, will, probably, be a dangerous period with high tide. v . ■ - 1 November 6th- I.3th ; 20th;727th. December 3rd; 10th : 18th; 24th; 31st. The preceding apply to all parts of the earth’s surface — even (in a diminished degree) hi hj *-2 trade belts. N.B. —If tka day marked, proved; calm, and still, distrust the day after, and especially the second day after. The changes vary in intensity, but even at quiet periods they may be plainly, traced in tlio scud flying with a velocity totally at variation with the state of the air at the earth’s 'surface, and the clouds at such times generally have a liny or stratified appearance, which usually indicates approaching rain. N.B —A* a general rule, electric agency is feeble in May, June, end July, as computed with other months if, therefore, any changes take puce in those months, they will most likely happen on some of the days marked. My own impression is that tho winter, of 1864 and 1865 are more likely to prove frosty than windy. In bringing the above to the test of experience, a few memoranda may prevent unintentional injustice towards the system ; 1. Do not consider the prediction a failure if the weather prove moderate. The above days are dates of cUnge, not, of necessity periods of bad weather. 2. Watch for changes of wind at such times, an! what sailors call its uneasiness—flying about from point to point with unsteadiness. 3. A characteristic of these lunar periods, (when they prove quiet) is fog and haze, very often setting in the dsy before or a few hours before, the,date.given. —... 4. WTien the mercury falls for a day or two before a lunar day, expect its effect to last just about so long afterwards ; the hmar periods being the middle of the time of disturbance. 5. The barometer is not always affected by those lunar periods—but there is tendency ia the mercury to either change its direction up or down at such times, or the apex of a curve projected by it will happen at such period. 6. The rising of the barometer on or after the “ second day after ” generally indicates the returning of fine weather. 7. If, on or about the “ second day after,” the mercury fall rapidly, prepare for a cyclone. (This only applies to the Atlantic district, and the western coast of France, England, Ireland, &c., on reaching which their presence is generally announced by Admiral Fitzroy’s coast warnings.)