Saturn and Mars Rock the West

The Sun's square to Saturn on the 22nd and Venus' parallel to Mars on the 24th are resulting in rare May thunderstorms for Southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico; flooding concerns in Montana; and the unusual movement of a low pressure system over the Northwest bringing the storms to the area from the east. The Weather Alternative forecast for May 22-25 was posted on April 15th and called for a clashing of cold and warm air masses as represented by Saturn and Mars resulting in storms over the Rockies.


Much of Montana and northern Wyoming could have in excess of 2 inches of rain Thursday into Thursday night.



An unusually strong southerly dip in the jet stream is helping to spark some rare May thunderstorms in Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico. Southern California will have extreme weather for a second day today after hail, tornadoes, floods and mudslides all made the headlines yesterday in the region. Today will be mainly a flooding threat, although thunderstorms containing severe weather are possible.

More snow is falling across the Rockies from Montana to Arizona with snow levels lowering to between 6000 to 7000 feet. Some of the highest elevations could pick up over 2 feet of snow, especially the Tetons, and southwest mountains in Montana. Is it May 23rd or February 23rd?

(All weather maps courtesy of Accuweather)

May Forecasts

Summer 2008: The West Coast Part 1

Summer 2008: The Rockies Part 1

Summer 2008: The Plains and Mississippi Valley- Part 1

Introduction to the Weather Alternative

How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

Temperature Monitors Report Widescale Global Cooling

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Mercury Weather Watch

The Weather Alternative's long-range weather forecast for May 2008 reminded residents of the Southeast, mid-Atlantic, and Northeast that the planet Mercury was setting up shop over the East Coast during the last half of the month. Mercury's astro-meteorological influence has long been observed to coincide with cooler air masses and windy conditions.

The forecast called for a shot of colder air over the East Coast by the 21st of May. As can be seen from the Accuweather map at left an unusual May chill will grip the Northeast and New England today. The unseasonable chill is being transported out of Canada by a persistent flow from the north resulting in much-below-normal temperatures.

The long-range weather forecast for May 20-23 pinpointed storms over the Plains due to the Sun's square to Saturn. The latest from Accuweather (see map) shows severe thunderstorms scheduled to hit the Plains on Thursday the 22nd and Friday the 23rd. Right on schedule. Watch out for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms if you're a resident of the area.

May Forecasts
Summer 2008: The West Coast Part 1
Summer 2008: The Rockies Part 1
Summer 2008: The Plains and Mississippi Valley- Part 1

Introduction to the Weather Alternative
How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

Temperature Monitors Report Widescale Global Cooling
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Heaven Is Full Of Sinners

Castro "rediscovered Jesus while at the point of death." (El Mercurio, Chile)

Alina Fernandez Revuelta, Fidel Castro’s daughter, affirmed to the Italian newspaper Corriera Della Sera that her father has come closer to religion in his latter years, rediscovering Jesus while at the door of death; "but this does not surprise me, because he was educated by the Jesuits." Alina, who has lived in exile since 1993, affirmed that, "My dad thinks about God and not so much about Cuba now. After his death, Raul will gradually be imposing an economy modeled after China."

Northwest Moisture and Plains Heat

The precipitation forecast for May 19-20 in The Weather Alternative long-range forecast for May is on its way. The forecast was based on the square between Venus and Neptune. The map at left shows the storm system pushing into the U.S. West Coast. Rain will push into the Olympic Peninsula by this afternoon with showers reaching Seattle and Portland overnight.


The next Weather Alternative forecast being fulfilled is for the period of May 20-23. This forecast called for warm air to surge northward over the Plains raising temperatures over Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. As can be seen from the Accuweather map at right temperatures will push well into the 90s with some places in West Texas reaching 100 degrees. The Weather Alternative forecast calls for storms to be triggered over this area on the 22nd. We'll keep an eye out for those storms.

The long-range forecast for May 17-19 called for fair conditions over the Rockies and storms and windy conditions over the Plains and Mississippi Valley. The Weather Channel map at left for May 18th shows a high pressure system over the Rockies. Windy conditions were reported by the National Weather Service on the 18th and 19th over Wyoming, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arkansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri.

413 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2008
...WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

332 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2008 MEMPHIS

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

May Forecasts

Summer 2008: The West Coast Part 1

Summer 2008: The Rockies Part 1

Summer 2008: The Plains and Mississippi Valley- Part 1

Introduction to the Weather Alternative

How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

Temperature Monitors Report Widescale Global Cooling

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Some May Forecasts and Their Results

The long-range Weather Alternative forecast for May 10-13 called for fair conditions over the Rockies, which would spread to the Plains and the Mississippi Valley.

The 10th brought violent storms over the southern Plains. The 11th (see Weather Channel map at left), was fair over the Rockies and Plains, while the 12th was fair over the Mississippi Valley and most of the Plains as can be seen from the Weather Channel map at right.

The next long-range forecast was for May 13-15. The Sun square Neptune was the main feature. The forecast called for a clashing of warm moist air (as represented by Neptune) with a cold air mass that was to result in storms. As can be seen by the Accuweather graphic at left, a great heat wave surged into the west on the 14th.

As for me, I can't figure out why I thought cold air was indicated at this time since the other planet involved in the aspect was the Sun, which is usually considered a warm planet.

The Weather Alternative May forecast also made mention of Mercury's position over the eastern United States between May 13th and 31st. Here's the first of the forecasts:

Transit Mercury sets up residence over the eastern US by the 13th. The Southeast, mid-Atlantic, and Northeast should begin to feel its effects from this time on. Mercury is associated with cooler air masses and windy conditions. On the 13th the Moon will square Mercury propelling some cold air throughout the region.

The Weather Channel reported soaking rains on the 12th over the mid-Atlantic and gusty winds all across the region. For the 13th, the Weather Channel warned "Windy conditions are expected across parts of the Northeast today, in particular areas near the coast."

May Forecasts

Summer 2008: The West Coast Part 1

Summer 2008: The Rockies Part 1

Summer 2008: The Plains and Mississippi Valley- Part 1

Introduction to the Weather Alternative

How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

Temperature Monitors Report Widescale Global Cooling

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Burma and China

On May 2nd and 3rd, Cyclone Nargis hit the impoverished
nation of Burma resulting in the deadliest natural disaster in the
history of that nation. Tens of thousands of fatalities have been
confirmed with tens of thousands of people still missing. The
Burmese government has formally asked the United Nations for
help, but in many ways remains resistant to the most basic
assistance.

As has been shown time and again on The Weather Alternative, weather patterns correspond to planetary alignments. The last
lunar eclipse of February 2, 2008 provides us with a glimpse of the astrological aspects at the time of the cyclone's landfall. On the 3rd, Mercury was parallel Mars. Conjunctions, squares, oppositions, and parallels between these two planets have long been known to produce whipping winds. The astro-locality
map at right shows the angular positions of Mars and Venus on May 3rd. The two planets cross very near where the cyclone hit. Venus was square it own position at the time of lunar eclipse.

On May 12th, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake took place near
Chengdu in central China. Chinese government officials warn
that the death toll could reach 50,000.

Earthquake prediction using astrology is not the same as using
astrology for weather forecasting. It has been common
knowledge amongst astrologers that the planet Jupiter exerts a
strong electro-magnetic pull on the earth and is instrumental in
producing seismic phenomena. My knowledge in the area of
earthquake prediction is virtually nil. But here is an interesting
observation regarding Jupiter and the Chengdu earthquake.

At left is a chart for the transits to the Solar Ingress chart at Chengdu for April 24th. On this date, Mars perfected its opposition to Jupiter exactly on the Ascendant and Descendant
at Chengdu. As you will notice, Venus is also square both Mars and Jupiter forming a T-square. One possible explanation for
the earthquake on May 12th is that the Sun on this date trined Jupiter, now retrograde. Theoretically, the Sun may have released the energy of the T-square by its trine. It is not unusual
for an aspect pattern to be triggered later in time by another
planet's aspect.

May Forecasts
Summer 2008: The West Coast Part 1
Summer 2008: The Rockies Part 1
Summer 2008: The Plains and Mississippi Valley- Part 1

Introduction to the Weather Alternative
How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made
Temperature Monitors Report Widescale Global Cooling

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Before William Branham died, that great and humble prophet, one of the last revelations and visions he had was that the final ruler of the United States who was going to bring the U.S.A. to
its doom and would be the worst ruler they ever had, would be a very beautiful, but very cruel woman.

Summer 2008: The Plains and Mississippi Valley- Part 1

Both Mercury and Uranus will affect weather patterns over the Plains and Mississippi Valley this summer. This is due to their angular positions in the Summer Solstice Chart. (See map) These two planets share an affinity for unseasonable coolness and sporadic strong winds especially when negatively aspected. In season, negative aspects to Mercury (oppositions, squares, and some conjunctions) often spawn hurricanes. Uranus seems to be a more intense version of Mercury and activates descending cold air not only from the Arctic but also from rivers of intensely frigid air in very high levels of the atmosphere.

I've listed important dates below when these planets are activated, and I've included some ideas as to their effect on weather patterns over the US midsection.


June 25-29
Uranus turns retrograde on the 26th. This presages a strong cold front pushing southward over the northern Plains lowering temperatures, and triggering precipitation and windy conditions. There is the possibility of a low pressure system affecting Brownsville and southern Texas.




July 5-8
A cold air mass descends over the Plains out of Canada setting off storms. A cold front along the East Coast brings storms from Florida to New England.



July 13-15
The Sun's trines to Uranus indicates cool and fair over the Plains.




July 22-24
Mercury trines Uranus over the Plains and brings cool, dry air southward. Mars influence adds stormy and windy conditions over the Mississippi Valley.


Aug 5-7
Mars opposes transit Uranus on the 6th. The Moon triggers them earlier on the 4th.
Mars-Uranus signifies storm emergencies and windy conditions, which will hit the Plains. Tornadoes may be a by-product of these storms.




Aug 16-17
An outbreak of storms is shown over the Midwest states and the southern and central Mississippi Valley areas. Particularly severe storms are indicated in and around Arkansas. This may be due to either a tropical storm system originating in the Gulf of Mexico or a low pressure system traversing the southern states.




Aug 20-24
This period starts with a warm and moist air mass pushing up over the Plains due to Mercury's conjunction with Venus. As these planets pass to the opposition of Uranus a cold air mass clashes with it resulting in storms throughout the Plains.




Aug 27-29
Mercury and Venus square Pluto on the 27th and 29th.
Summer storms hit the Mississippi Valley as contrary air masses scuffle over the area.




Sept 3-7
Weather gets nasty over the Plains as Mercury and Mars parallel Uranus provoking windy conditions or severe thunderstorms packing damaging winds. Severe weather then pushes eastward over the Mississippi Valley.

Sept 9-14
Another cold wave begins to affect the Plains triggering precipitation. From the 12th on, the Sun's opposition to Uranus brings a cold air mass out of the north lowering temperatures and setting off storms, which have the potential to reach severe limits. Possible tropical storm or hurricane formation is indicated in the western Gulf of Mexico.

May Forecasts

Summer 2008: The West Coast Part 1

Summer 2008: The Rockies Part 1

Introduction to the Weather Alternative

How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

Temperature Monitors Report Widescale Global Cooling

A Bible, but no e-mail. (From interview with Vladimir Putin by Richard Stengel, Time magazine)

What role does faith play in your leadership? Putin: First and foremost, we should be governed by common sense. But common sense should be based on moral principles first. And it is not possible today to have morality separated from religious values.

Have you read the Bible? Putin: Yes, I have. And the Bible is on my plane.
Do you use e-mail? Do you blog? Putin: Well, it’s a big shame. I don’t use these technologies. I don’t even use a telephone. My staff do it for me. But they do it wonderfully.

Hail and High Winds Hit Plains

Severe thunderstorms producing destructive twisters are expected over the Plains as a storm system ejects out of the Rockies. This confirms The Weather Alternative's long-range forecast for May 7-8, 2008 that called for Windy conditions and precipitation over the Rockies pushing out into the Plains.

The Accuweather map at left shows the low pressure area moving out of the southern Rockies and affecting the southern Plains and Texas.

May Forecasts

Summer 2008: The West Coast Part 1

Summer 2008: The Rockies Part 1

Introduction to the Weather Alternative

How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

Temperature Monitors Report Widescale Global Cooling

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