Recent Severe Weather Fulfills Long-range Forecast

The recent severe weather sustained over the Central and Northeast U.S. fulfilled The Weather Alternative's long-range forecast for August 10-12, 2009. The forecast, posted on July 20th, cited the Mars-Saturn square as a severe weather breeder for the area in and around Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri. Pennsylvania and West Virgina were also pinpointed for strong storms.



The outbreak began as early as the 9th. Accuweather reported the following: Lycoming Co., Pa., was one place that was hit hard by the severe weather. The thunderstorms downed large trees throughout the county. These trees caused additional destruction by landing on numerous homes and cars. Trees littering Route 44 forced officials to close the road.

They also warned that Monday, the 10th of August, would bring more of the same: Places from upstate New York, northern Pennsylvania and portions of New England all the way to Kansas could be dealing with locally violent storms, especially during the afternoon and evening on Monday.

These are the exact locations (Pennsylvania and Kansas) that were mentioned in the long-range forecast.

The area of concern into tonight (Aug 10th) stretches from the northern Texas Panhandle, eastern Colorado and much of Kansas Kansas to Southwest Ontario, New York State, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and southern New England. As a cold front and the associated upper level trough swing eastward Tuesday, the storms will focus from Tennessee and Arkansas to southern Maine, southward to much of Virginia.


The National Weather Service reported the following on August 10th:

SEVERE WEATHER STRUCK PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE LATE MORNING...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS WAS REPORTED FROM ONE STORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF ZURICH IN ROOKS COUNTY KANSAS AT 9 AM.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO NEAR MIDNIGHT...AND THEN SPENT A GOOD PART OF THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS OVER SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS OCCURRED IN SOUTHERN CHASE COUNTY...WHERE AS MUCH AS 1.62 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTH OF ENDERS...THEY CAUSED WINDS TO GUST AS HIGH AS 47 MPH IN THE NORTH PLATTE AREA JUST BEFORE 7 AM CDT.

Atlantic Hurricane and Southern Texas Rain
Solar Eclipse Action for August and September 2009
August 10-15, 2009
Introduction to the Weather Alternative
How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made


Black Bart
A dropped handkerchief: a surprising end to the career of California's most colorful stage-coach robber. "Black Bart" had terrorized stages for six years, committing twenty-eight robberies between 1877 and 1883 in the rugged foothills of the Sierras. Dressed in a long linen duster with a flour sack over his head, he would brandish a shotgun while demanding, "Will you please throw down your treasure box, sir?"

Finally, near Copperopolis, Bart was wounded while escaping a holdup and dropped a handkerchief with the laundry mark "FX07." This was traced to San Francisco, where police made one of the most surprising arrests in the city's history. "Black Bart," the highwayman, turned out to be Charles E. Bolton, one of San Francisco's leading citizens with close connections in the police department.

Bolton had a reputation as a non-smoking, non-drinking, God-fearing man with big business interest in the gold mines. Amid much publicity he confessed his crime and was sentenced to six years in San Quentin for his deception.

August 6-9, 2009 Forecast Results

The Weather Alternative post of June 8th made note of the fact that Mars would trigger the Solar Eclipse degree of September 11, 2007. In astrometeorology, solar eclipses are sensitive to the hard aspects of the outer planets for about a 3 year period. The forecast mentioned a sensitive spot about 170 miles south of Guadalajara, Mexico where a tropical system may form. This is roughly 103 west longitude and 18 north latitude.

The weather map above from the Mexican Weather Service shows tropical wave #20 over this area on August 9th. (labeled OT No. 20) Their meteorologists reported on Aug 8th Onda tropical No. 20 A lo largo de 100°W y al Sur de 20°N, sobre el Centro y Sur de México, favorecerá fuerte actividad convectiva, con nublados densos y lluvias acompañadas de actividad eléctrica. (Tropical Wave # 10 along 100 west and south of 20 north, over central and southern Mexico, will favor strong convective activity with thick clouds and rain accompanied by electrical activity)

The forecast also warned of a low pressure system or front affecting the Rockies. The Accuweather map at left for August 6th shows a potent storm system that brought a wide variety of adverse weather. Thunderstorms brought damaging winds, hail, and drenching rain to Idaho and Montana.

The Weather Channel map at right is for August 7th. Notice the two low pressure systems over the northern Rockies. The Weather Channel reported A vigorous upper-level disturbance moving from the Northwest into the northern Plains will pop more thunderstorms across the Great Basin, Rockies and northern high Plains today.
The thunderstorms could become severe again especially in Montana.
Gusty winds will keep the fire danger high across the Four Corners Region.

Atlantic Hurricane and Southern Texas Rain
Solar Eclipse Action for August and September 2009
August 10-15, 2009
Introduction to the Weather Alternative
How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

Success and Motive

Your success in life depends on your motive. There is an old fable about a dog that boasted of his ability as a runner. One day he chased a rabbit and failed to catch it. The other dogs ridiculed him on account of his previous boasting. His reply was, "You must remember that the rabbit was running for his life, while I was only running for my dinner." The incentive is all-important.

The Summer That Never Was

Accuweather has report that for residents of the Midwest and Northeast the month of July was strikingly cool. Cities like Chicago, Madison, and Cincinnati experienced their coolest July on record! Here are the stats: When record low temperatures and record low high temperatures are considered, more than 3,000 records were broken across the country, many of these were in the Midwest and Northeast. The reason? A storm system and the associated jet stream over Canada that continuously dipped farther south than usual.

The astrometeorological cause can be traced to the Cardinal Solar Ingress chart for the summer season. Above you'll see this chart set for Chicago. A few things will become apparent. The planet Uranus, associated with cold air masses is exactly on the Ascendant. This is the 9 o'clock position on the wheel where you see a blue symbol that is similar to the letter H. Let's go farther east to New York and view the chart from there.

Uranus is now far from the Ascendant, but another cold or cool weather maker is at work. My experience with long-range weather forecasting points to the fact that Pluto is associated with cooler weather patterns. At the time of the Carding Solar Ingress for the summer season, the Sun was forming an opposition to Pluto. You can see these in the sectors marked 3 and 9 in the above figure. The Sun occupies the 3rd sector and Pluto the 9th. These two sectors are important because they represent areas directly west of the place in question; in this case New York City. This is important since weather patterns in the mid-latitude areas of the globe travel from west to east.

Atlantic Hurricane and Southern Texas Rain

Solar Eclipse Action for August and September 2009

August 10-15, 2009

Introduction to the Weather Alternative

How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

The Game of Love

Let the game of love occupy your mind and dictate your actions all the time. Remember, your game improves with practice. Never pass--always take that turn to show love and appreciation. Perform great feats of love when you can, but never underestimate the simple moves. You'll be surprised what the simple maneuvers will do. Simple little turns taken regularly and consistently add up the points!

Atlantic Hurricane and Southern Texas Rain

The Sun's aspect to the planets as viewed from the all-important seasonal Solar Ingress chart has led to some important long-range weather forecasts here at The Weather Alternative. This method allowed for the accurate forecast of the time and place of August 2007's Hurricane Dean. (See Switching On the Atlantic Hurricane Season and its fulfillment Atlantic Hurricane Season Gets Green Light)

August 17-19, 2009

This year the seasonal Solar Ingress chart sets up another important crossing between four heavenly bodies. We have a Jupiter-Neptune conjunction and a Moon-Mercury conjunction. These four cross in the eastern Atlantic around 27 west longitude and 18 north latitude. The transit Sun will activate part of this fearsome foursome between August 17th and 19th. As in the case of Hurricane Dean, we should expect tropical storm or hurricane formation over this area around those dates. If things follow Hurricane Dean's example, the storm could be long-lived and make it across the Atlantic.

The Sun's trigger to the Moon and planets will also affect the mainland U.S. at the same time. Jupiter, Neptune, the Moon, and Mercury made another crossing over northwestern Mexico just south of Arizona and New Mexico. We can expect a strong monsoonal flow over this area or perhaps the remnants of some tropical system shunted up over this area.

At the same time (Aug 17th), Mercury will conjoin Saturn. In the Solar Ingress this takes place over the Mississippi Valley area. This presages strong storms over the U.S. midsection, which probably involves Gulf moisture being drawn up over the southern Mississippi Valley feeding the storm machine.

August 19-21, 2009

Another interesting set-up involving planetary crossings is shown in the above astro-locality map for the August 13th Third Quarter Moon. There is a promise here for beneficial rains for the southern Texas area. Notice the circled area over extreme southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. Here, the Moon and Neptune cross. The planet Neptune, in astrometeorology, is associated with abundant tropical moisture and, in some cases, flooding rains. This is what I'm expecting over this area. Things could start gearing up as early as the 17th of August, but should definitely be in full swing around the 19th through the 21st. I haven't checked if southern Texas will receive a good soaking before these dates, but there should be a good one at this time. There is a slight chance that this alignment could manifest as a heat wave and bring no moisture at all. Hopefully, this will not be the case.

The second set of planetary crossings, as seen on the map above involves the Sun, Moon, and Jupiter off the southern coast of Mexico around 102 west longitude and 15 north latitude. Tropical storm and/or hurricane formation is possible here between the 19th and 21st as well.

Solar Eclipse Action for August and September 2009
August 10-15, 2009
Introduction to the Weather Alternative
How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

Patience

People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.

Funny thing about temper: You can't get rid of it by losing it.

The longer you keep your temper the more it will improve.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, & he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. (Pro.16:32)

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. (Ecc.7:9)

Review of July 27-29, 2009 Forecast

I highlighted the need to watch the Gulf Coast area around eastern Texas and Louisiana during the July 27-29 period. The forecast posted at the end of May was based on planetary crossings that appeared in the New Moon chart of July 21st (actually a solar eclipse).

I was concerned that the build up of planetary energies there involving Mars, Jupiter, and Neptune might bring severe weather, although I was not sure how severe due to a fair weather influence of Venus at the same time.

It looks like (from the above Accuweather map for July 28th) that Mars, Jupiter, and Neptune were a bit too much for little ol' Venus. Nine inches of rain were reported on the morning of the 28th in the Ark-La-Tex region. Soaking rain and disruptive downpours also afflicted the area on the 27th as well.

Notice the circled region around the Gulf Coast area as shown in this astro-locality map used by astrometeorologists in formulating long-range weather forecasts. It coincides beautifully with the affected area in the above conventional weather graphic.

Solar Eclipse Action for August and September 2009

Solar Eclipse Action For June and July 2009

July 23-25, 2009 Forecast

August 10-15, 2009

Introduction to the Weather Alternative

How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

The Game of Life

The name of the game, this whole game of life, is choices, constant choices! God sets choices before us all the time and then lets us make our own decisions and operate within certain bounds.

"Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair... these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.
"Whatever your years, there is in every being's heart the love of wonder, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing, childlike appetite for 'what next,' and the joy and the game of life.
"You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair."
--Douglas MacArthur

Get rid of the notion that children who do things early are way ahead of the game of life. Teaching your children to read at age two, & putting them through practice drills as pretoddlers (if not done correctly), could intensify their anxiety levels.
Hurrying children into advanced activities can represent an adult's need to have a precocious child rather than the best interest of the child. Check your motives! --
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Review of Forecasts for July 21-23 and July 23-25, 2009

The long-range weather forecasts posted here on The Weather Alternative covered the period of July 21-25, 2009.





The first portion of the forecast covered July 21-23.





We expected an atmospheric reaction (perhaps a tropical system) over the Mexican coastal area around 103 west longitude and 18 north latitude. Nothing that dramatic occurred, but as can be seen from the weather map at left for July 22nd, that very area is circled in green and labeled "Zona de Inestabilidad." This zone of instability, as it was called by the Mexican weather service, was slated for intense storm activity.

The same forecast mentioned the possibility of severe weather over the U.S. Rockies. The Accuweather map at right for the 21st shows the Southwest U.S. which during that time experienced big, slow-moving storms that caused flash flooding. The was brought about by storms dropping a quick 1 to 2 inches of rain.

The next segment of the forecast was for July 23-25. The above link will show you the astro-weather map where with a circled area over Arizona, New Mexico, and northwest Mexico. This forecast called for strong storms or a heat anomaly over this area.

The accompanying weather map for July 23rd from the Mexican weather service shows this exact area circled in red and once again labeled "Zona de Inestabilidad" similar to the one mentioned above. The western U.S. at this time was continuing to experience a heat wave as did northern Mexico.

Solar Eclipse Action for August and September 2009
Solar Eclipse Action For June and July 2009
July 23-25, 2009 Forecast

August 10-15, 2009
Introduction to the Weather Alternative
How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

Humility

Great men forget themselves. That is why they are remembered by others.

If you think you are humble, you probably aren't!

He who is full of self is very empty.

"Let another man praise thee & not thine own mouth, a stranger, & not thine own lips." (Pro. 27:2)

Success has made failures of many men.

Long-range Forecast: August 10-15, 2009

August 10-12, 2009
Mars will square Saturn on August 10th. Both the Solar Ingress and the New Moon chart places this troublesome pair over the United States. Taking these charts together, the Plains and Mississippi Valley areas are prone to strong storms at this time. It appears that the area in and around Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri will be subject to a high concentration of severe weather.
The eastern U.S. will also experience strong storms with the highest concentration moving over Pennsylvania and West Virginia into New England. The severe weather over the Northeast continues with the next forecast for August 14-15.

August 14-15, 2009

The New Moon of July 21st placed a Venus-Saturn square at 18 Gemini-Virgo over 81 west longitude (through the Southeast U.S. into the eastern Great Lakes). The Saturn portion affects the East Coast through Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

On the 15th, transit Mercury will trigger this set-up. Transit Mercury, along with transit Mars will cross over the North Carolina coast, Maryland, and Delaware. The transit Moon will aspect them all on the 15th.
This sounds like a storm system affecting the eastern U.S. with a special concentration along coastal area involving the coasts of North Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware. Aside from the risk of severe storms over this area another possibility is for a tropical system to affect the area on its way toward New England.

Solar Eclipse Action for August and September 2009

Solar Eclipse Action For June and July 2009

July 23-25, 2009 Forecast

Introduction to the Weather Alternative

How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

Dare to Be Different

Dare to be different. Life is so full
Of people who follow the same push-and-pull.
Poor, plodding people who, other than name,
Try to pretend they're exactly the same.

God made men different; there never will be
A replica soul made of you or of me.
The charm--the glory of all creation
Rests on this very deviation.

Your charm--your own glory, too,
Lies in being uniquely you--
Lies in being true to your best,
That part of you different from all of the rest.
--Helen Marshall

July 23-25, 2009 Forecast

The Solar Ingress chart for the summer 2009 season set up an interesting planetary crossing over the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. The circled area in the map above shows where four angular planets all cross. These are the Moon (called a planet in astrology), Mercury, Jupiter, and Neptune.

This area will be activated by transit Mars from July 23-25, 2009. This carries the potential to create strong storms over this area or other weather anomalies such as high heat. When coupled with a previous forecast for July 21-22, which was based on the Solar Eclipse of September 11, 2007, here's what may happen. As stated in the July 21-22 forecast, a tropical storm or hurricane may form on along the southern Mexican coast around 103 west longitude. This storm could then send moisture up to the area now being discussed, which lies just south of Arizona and New Mexico. Here's the map showing that location in Mexico.

Solar Eclipse Action for August and September 2009
Solar Eclipse Action For June and July 2009
Introduction to the Weather Alternative
How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

Music

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Ludwig van Beethoven

Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. John Lennon

Music is my religion. Jimi Hendrix

Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism. Howard Dietz

I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds. Dizzy Gillespie

Hurricane Andres heads for Baja California

The National Weather Service shows Hurricane Andres heading for the southern portion of the Baja California peninsula by Thursday the 25th.



From an astrological view point, why would Andres be drawn toward this area?

The above astro-locality map is for the New Moon of of June 22nd. Notice that the Sun and Moon were overhead there. In other words, it was high noon over the Baja at the time of the New Moon. This New Moon also was also in exact opposition to Pluto. I've drawn a box around the positions of the Sun, Moon, and Pluto.

Looking at the New Moon from the standard astrological chart, one can see the Sun and Moon conjoining on the Midheaven while they oppose Pluto on the 4th house cusp. All three heavenly bodies square the Ascendant degree.

Solar Eclipse Action for August and September 2009

Solar Eclipse Action For June and July 2009

Introduction to the Weather Alternative

How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

Change

The largest room in the world is the room for improvement.

Take life as you find it, but don't leave it so.

Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine. --Robert C. Gallagher

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. --Gail Sheehy

Solar Eclipse Action October and November 2009

Here are more weather patterns signified by the transits of outer planets to sensitive recent solar eclipse degrees.



Solar Eclipse of February 6, 2008
Oct 11-14, 2009: Jupiter lingers in conjunction to the solar eclipse degree for all of October and the last third of September. One particular time that may be important is when Jupiter turns direct on this degree. Jupiter will be at its strongest over 52 west and 15 north where a tropical system may originate.




Solar Eclipse of March 18, 2007
October 12-15, 2009: The Venus-Saturn conjunction on the 13th will oppose the solar eclipse degree off the US West Coast at 129 west. Venus and Saturn are parallel on the 12th. The eclipse was square Pluto. This may bring a strong storm system into the US west coast and/or tropical activity along 128 west in the tropical regions.




Solar Eclipse of July 21, 2009
October 14-17, 2009: Mars conjoins the eclipse degree over the Rockies, which will most likely result in storm formation over the area.




Solar Eclipse of July 21, 2009
October 21-24, 2009: The transit Sun will make it’s first square to the eclipse degree. The Rockies once again should see a front triggering storms or low pressure area.

Solar Eclipse of Sept 22, 2006
Oct 22-25, 2009: Saturn conjoins the solar eclipse along 88 west longitude, which is roughly the Mississippi Valley area. Since the Gulf of Mexico, and Central America are also affected, this should be a time of strong storms and possible hurricane activity there.

Solar Eclipse of Jan 26, 2009
October 29-Nov 2, 2009: The Sun, Mars, and Mercury form a series of triggers to the solar eclipse degree which ran through the Intermountain West along 115 west longitude. First the Sun-Mars square triggers the eclipse, then Mercury squares it as it squares transit Mars. This will affect the Intermountain West with a storm system, but tropical activity could take place about 540 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas around 115 west/17 north.

Solar Eclipse of February 6, 2008
October 30-November 2, 2009: Although Jupiter has been on this degree all month, it is now exact. The area to watch for possible tropical storm formation is in the western Atlantic around 52 west and 15 north.

Solar Eclipse of Aug 1, 2008
Nov 5-7, 2009: Mars conjoins the solar eclipse degree over the Northeast U.S. Expect storms through the area. This may also affect the Windward Islands, which may see some tropical activity.

Solar Eclipse Action for August and September 2009
Solar Eclipse Action For June and July 2009
Introduction to the Weather Alternative
How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

Get Organized!

There may be nothing wrong with you,
The way you live, the work you do,
But I can very plainly see
Exactly what is wrong with me.
It isn't that I'm indolent
Or dodging duty by intent;
I work as hard as anyone,
And yet I get so little done,
The morning goes, the noon is here,
Before I know, the night is near,
And all around me, I regret,
Are things I haven't finished yet.
If I could just get organised!
I oftentimes have realised
Not all that matters is the man:
The man must also have a plan!

Solar Eclipse and Texas Heat

The recent Weather Alternative long-range forecast for June 12-15 called for severe storms over the Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware area. This was based on Mars' triggering of the August 1, 2008 solar eclipse degree.



The Accuweather map at left for June 12th shows a low pressure system hitting the forecast area. Accuweather meteorologists stated that on the 11th "Areas of drenching rain and thunderstorms will plague the Northeast into tonight. Spotty afternoon and evening thunderstorms may follow both days of the weekend."
"A storm tracking from the Midwest to northern New England into tonight will deliver drenching rain and locally strong thunderstorms. The steadiest and heaviest rain will focus from northwestern Pennsylvania, north and west to the eastern Great Lakes and interior New England."



Drenching rain then continued into New England on the 12th.

Texas has been experiencing some very high temperatures over the last few days--just about the time that Mars triggered the aforementioned solar eclipse. Yuzuru, a Weather Alternative reader was wondering if maybe Mars and the solar eclipse were responsible for the heat in Texas.

I think the two places are too far removed to say that the Texas heat is also a reaction to the solar eclipse that fell over the Northeast U.S. I'm inclined to believe that the New Moon chart of May 24th, which placed the Jupiter-Neptune conjunction on the Midheaven through Dallas and eastern Texas is probably responsible for the heat wave there. Both Jupiter and Neptune are equated with rising temperatures and at the time the heat wave started transit Mars formed contraparallels with both Jupiter and Neptune.

Solar Eclipse Action for August and September 2009

Solar Eclipse Action For June and July 2009

Introduction to the Weather Alternative

How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

Driving

Drive with care. Life has no spare.
Most accidents are caused by motorists who drive in high while their minds are in neutral.
If you think a seat belt is uncomfortable, you've never tried a stretcher!

Tropical Update

Between June 8th and 10th, Mars triggered the Solar Eclipse of January 26, 2009. The Weather Alternative mentioned that this indicated storm potential, possibly tropical in nature, that would affect the southern coast of Mexico centering around 95 west longitude and 13 north latitude.




The Mexican Weather Service issued a special advisory for the southern coast during this period. Mexican meteorologists warned the potential for locally strong to intense rains and electrical storms. (See Spanish quote below) The areas marked with red boxes show the areas in question.

Potencial de lluvias fuertes a localmente intensas con actividad eléctrica en Sureste del país.

Solar Eclipse Action For June and July 2009
Introduction to the Weather Alternative
How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

Habits

-A man spends the first half of his life learning habits that shorten the other half.
-A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it has to be coaxed down the stairs one step at a time.
-It's not so bad making mistakes so long as you don't make a habit of it.
-We first make our habits, & then our habits make us.

Solar Eclipse Action for August and September 2009

Here are some more long-range weather forecasts based on recent solar eclipses. Since we're in hurricane season, some of the resulting weather patterns may indicate tropical systems.



This astrometeorological technique notes the time when the outer planets make hard aspects to previous solar eclipse degrees. Hard aspects are conjunctions, squares, and oppositions. There is usually an atmospheric reaction that accompanies these aspects over the areas where the Sun and Moon were angular at the time of eclipse.




Forecast
August 6-9, 2009
Mars squares the degree of the September 11, 2007 solar eclipse on the August 7th. The Sun and Moon were rising through the Rockies and Mexico. A particularly vulnerable spot is the area about 170 miles south of Guadalajara, Mexico, (see the circled area in the above map) which may respond with the formation some sort of tropical system. The U.S. Rockies may also experience a low pressure system or front triggering storms at this time.




Forecast
August 22-24, 2009
Mars and Mercury will square the solar eclipse of March 18, 2007. The Sun and Moon were setting off the U.S. West Coast and square Pluto at the time of eclipse. This could indicate the development of a tropical system in the intertropical convergence zone at this time. I’m referring roughly here to the area around 128 west longitude and between 10 to 20 degrees north latitude.

Forecast
August 23-26, 2009
Mars and Mercury will also conjoin the September 22, 2006 solar eclipse degree as they square each other. The 88th degree of west longitude is where these will play out. This highlights the area from Chicago down through Mobile. The southern portion, from Mobile into the Gulf and through the Yucatan into Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador are in a hurricane strike zone. In other words the continental U.S. may experience strong storms and windy conditions, but the Gulf on into Central America could very well see the formation of a tropical system. The Solar Ingress chart also highlights this very same area adding a confirmation of the possibility. See the large circled area in the above map.

Forecast
Sept 7-10, 2009
Mars will trigger the solar eclipse of March 29, 2006. The Sun and Moon ascended through Nova Scotia and transit Mars will cut through the Windward Islands at this time. Severe weather, which may be tropical in nature, may afflict these areas now.

Forecast
Sept 23-26, 2009
Mercury will oppose Uranus on the 23rd. During hurricane season these two are known to coincide with tropical storm and/or hurricane development. Jupiter will also get into the act by triggering the solar eclipse of February 6, 2008. The area between 52 and 60 west longitude and around 17 north latitude, in other words about 450 miles east of the Windward Islands is an area where tropical storm or hurricane development is likely.

Solar Eclipse Action For June and July 2009

Introduction to the Weather Alternative

How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

Silence

We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.

Solar Eclipse Action For June and July 2009

The long-range weather forecasting technique used by astrometeorologists in part relies on watching for the outer planets (Mars through Pluto) to make hard aspects to recent solar eclipse degrees. Here is a list of some of those triggers to solar eclipses and an idea of how weather patterns will respond.



June 8-11, 2009
Mars will trigger the solar eclipse of January 26, 2009 on these dates. An interesting planetary set-up forms of the southern coast of Mexico at this time as Mercury squares the Jupiter-Neptune conjunction as shown in the map at left. Here we see that Mercury, Jupiter, and Neptune are all angular around 95 west longitude and 13 north latitude. Storm potential is indicated by this combination. We are at the beginning of hurricane season at this point. So a tropical system is one possibility.


June 12-15, 2009
Mars will activate the solar eclipse of August 1, 2009 on these dates affecting the areas in and around Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. Mars action is usually energetic and related to heat. This may be the trigger that sets off severe storms over this area.

July 21-23, 2009
The Venus-Saturn square at 18 degrees of Virgo and Gemini will fall exactly on the solar eclipse degree of September 11, 2007. This double influence on the sensitive eclipse degree will affect weather patterns over the west coast of Mexico on into the Mexican interior along 103 west longitude. As can be seen from the accompanying astro-locality map, Venus crosses with Saturn around 18 north latitude concentrating their stormy influence there. This is another possible tropical storm breeder. The Mexican interior may also experience severe weather as can the U.S. Rocky Mountains.

July 27-29, 2009
The solar eclipse of July 21, 2009 sets up an interesting crossing between Mars, Jupiter, and Neptune. As shown in the astro-locality map, this crossing forms along the Gulf Coast over the Texas-Louisiana state line. This may trigger severe weather there but since Venus will contribute a fair weather influence at this time, it remains to be seen if the normal severe weather indicated by this crossing materializes or not.

Introduction to the Weather Alternative
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Not Another Missing Link!!

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April 24-26, 2009 Forecast Results

Recent aspects between Mercury and Neptune were forecast to affect weather patterns over the Pacific Northwest and Rockies. The Weather Alternative forecast posted on April 12th called for a low pressure system to enter the Pacific Northwest on the 23rd and to strengthen over the Nevada-Utah-Arizona around the 24th.



The Weather Channel map at left for April 25th shows a low pressure over the very Nevada-Utah-Arizona area. The National Weather Service issued a number of wind warnings over this area on the 24th due to the low.

The second portion of the forecast called for the Mars-Pluto square to affect the eastern U.S. stating that a storm system would originate over the Mississippi Valley and push eastward intensifying over the Virginia-North Carolina area.

As can be seen from today's Accuweather map at right, storms are affecting the Mississippi Valley area but a high pressure system is intensifying over the eastern U.S. not a low pressure system. This high is bringing summer-like warmth to the area.

Introduction to the Weather Alternative

How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made

Famous Quotes

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.” -Mark Twain

“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” -Benjamin Franklin

“A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the support of Paul.” -George Benard Shaw

“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” -Thomas Paine

“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.” -Edward Murrow

Mars-Uranus Results

The Weather Alternative forecast for April 14-16, 2009 relied on the Mars-Uranus conjunction for an energetic storm system to affect the Mississippi Valley and head eastward to New England.

The Weather Channel map at left for April 14th shows a low pressure system and front affecting those very areas. Meteorologists expected locally heavy rain (one to two inches) from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic Coast.

Conventional forecasters also expected severe storms over the Southeast with damaging winds, large hail, with the possibility of a few tornadoes. Some rain was expected over the New England area on the 15th.

April 23-26, 2009 Forecast
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Money and History

In my opinion, the quickest and easiest way to understand history is to study the history of money, especially gold and silver. This is because money is a mirror of civilization. Throughout history, whenever we find good, reliable non-inflated money, we almost always find a strong, healthy civilization. Whenever we find unreliable, inflated money we almost always find a civilization in decay.

The quality of money reflects the quality of ethics. This brings up an interesting question. Does good money create a healthy civilization or does a healthy civilization create good money? Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? --Richard J. Maybury

April 23-26, 2009 Forecast

Mercury will square Neptune on April 25th and Mars will square Pluto on April 26th. Because of the distribution of these planets in key charts for the season, the Mercury-Neptune combination should produce a low pressure system or front triggering storms over the western U.S. while the Mars-Pluto square should affect the eastern portion of the country with another strong low pressure system.

Weather events out west should start around the 23rd over the Pacific Northwest, however, the Nevada-Utah-Arizona area is also highlighted for severe weather or a strong low pressure area around the 24th.

The Mars-Pluto square on the 26th affects the eastern portion of the country. Pluto, in the seasonal chart occupies the 80th line of west longitude through the eastern Great Lakes, the Mid-Atlantic States and on into the Southeast. This particular storm system, however, may originate further west over the Mississippi Valley and push eastward. Storm intensity may be greatest over the Virginia-North Carolina area.

Mars Conjunct Uranus April 15th

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Financial Woes

Scores of times throughout history, we've seen today's type of economic calamity repeated on a national level, but never before has it happened globally. This is the first time the world reserve currency has been fiat paper that can be created infinitely, producing unlimited amounts of malinvestment. Until 1971, the global reserve currency had been gold for thousands of years. Now the fiat chickens are coming home to roost.

We cannot have an honest financial system and stable economy when the currency they depend on is corrupt. --Richard Maybury

Mars Conjunct Uranus April 15th

The Mars-Uranus conjunction of April 15th will affect weather patterns over the U.S. Mars, known for its acute and energetic action on weather systems, when coupled with Uranus by conjunction and parallel often results in high-velocity winds and storm damage.

Key astro-meteorological charts place the influence of these two over the Mississippi Valley and over the New England area.

The Moon enters the action by squaring Mars and Uranus on the 14th, thus activating their potential a day earlier.


April 14-16, 2009: An energetic storm system will gather strength over the Mississippi Valley and proceed eastward over the New England area. Lately the U.S. has experienced some blizzard-like conditions. This may produce similar effects over the eastern half of the country.

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Success is not getting the most you can, but giving the best you can.
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When this life is over and earthly days past,
Only what's given to others will last.
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A candle loses nothing of its light by lighting another candle.
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One makes a living by what he gets; one makes a life by what he gives.

Texas Rain and the Full Moon

The Weather Alternative post of March 25th presented the idea that between the second and fourth of April Texas would receive some rainfall. This was due to planetary alignments set up by the Full Moon of March 10th.

The Weather Channel map for April 2nd at left shows a low pressure system over north Texas and Oklahoma with another low over southeast Texas and Louisiana.


The Weather Channel reported thunderstorms delivering large hail over central Texas and widespread severe thunderstorms over eastern Texas.

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Results and Roses

By Edgar Guest

The man who wants a garden fair,
Or small or very big,
With flowers growing here and there,
Must bend his back and dig.

The things are mighty few on earth
That wishes can attain.
Whate'er we want of any worth
We've got to work to gain.

It matters not what goal you seek
Its secret here reposes:
You've got to dig from week to week
To get results or roses.

Texas Rain and Other Forecast Results

Forecasters are wondering when rain will return to the Texas area. As of March 10, the U.S. Drought Monitor continued to show much of south-central Texas remaining in an extreme to exceptional drought. Severe drought conditions expanded through western and north-central
Texas, as well as southwestern Oklahoma.

As you may recall, on March 11th, Texas received some long-awaited rain on that day, which
helped to snap a prolonged dry spell for many cities. That rain came the day after the Full
Moon set up the planet Venus over Texas and the Plains.

One possibility is that between April 2nd and 4th, when the influence of Venus is again
triggered, the area may once again receive beneficial rains. Let's hope so.

Here are the results of The Weather Alternative forecast for March 17-19, 2009. The forecast stated that Mercury's opposition to Saturn would bring storms to the Front Range
followed by cooler temperatures.

The Weather Channel map at left for the 17th shows a cold front pushing south over the Front Range, Rockies, and Plains. The Weather Channel reported that shower activity would extend from Michigan and Ohio westward to eastern Nebraska and eastern Kansas with temperatures across the Central Plains dropping from the 70s and low 80s on the 17th to the
60s on the 18th.

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Scientists “prove the power of prayer” By Aisling Irwin, Electronic Telegraph, November 1999

RESEARCHERS claim to have proved God's healing powers by showing that heart
patients who are being prayed for do better than those who are not.

The American study examined the fate of patients attending a coronary care unit in Kansas City, Missouri, over 12 months.

They were enrolled in the trial without their knowledge or that of their doctors. Volunteers from a prayer group, contacted by the hospital chaplain, prayed for those patients whose medical record carried an even number over four weeks.

The 470 patients who were prayed for did significantly better than the 520 who were
not, according to the study published in Archives of Internal Medicine. The scoring system
rated symptoms such as fever and whether patients had antibiotics.

Dr. William Harris, who led the research, claimed his work was as rigorous as many
drug trials. "If people are willing to accept the outcome of a drug study, they have to
accept this one too," he told New Scientist.

Beneficial Rain for Texas

Beneficial rain is falling over the state of Texas and the lower-Mississippi Valley with widespread 2"+ totals through Friday.



As Accuweather forecaster Alex Sosnowski puts it "It would seem prayers have been answered over Texas and the southern Plains."

The chart above is for the Full Moon of March 10th at Austin, Tx. Notice the position of Venus on the 7th house cusp and square the Midheaven. Venus (at the 3 o'clock position) is known to "make moisture pregnant" in astro-meteorological terms.

Venus is sextile the benefic Jupiter, and the rains are considered by all to be beneficial in keeping with astrological symbolism.

Saturn, Uranus and Winter 2008-09

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Paper Money

"That paper money has some advantages, is admitted. But that its abuses also are inevitable, and, by breaking up the measure of value, makes a lottery of all private property, cannot be denied. Shall we ever be able to put a constitutional veto on it?" --Thomas Jefferson

"You have to choose, as a voter, between trusting to the natural stability of gold and natural stability and intelligence of the government. And with due respect to these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold."--George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950 Playwright and Novelist

"The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debase the currency."--Nikolai Lenin, 1870-1924 Socialist founder of the Soviet Union

Blizzard Conditions!

Meteorologists are warning of a potential blizzard to affect parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota by Tuesday the 10th. This may be one of the major storms that Joe Bastardi of Accuweather talked about last month when he mentioned that the end of February and the beginning of March could bring a major storm.




This is also a fulfillment of The Weather Alternative's long range forecast for March 8-12, 2009. In an update of that forecast posted on February 15th, I told of strong storm potential to hit the West Coast as well. As can be seen from the Accuweather map at right, a storm system entered the Pacific Northwest on the 7th and 8th.

Not only are blizzard conditions expected over the Northern Plains area but damaging thunderstorms are also expected to erupt across the southern Plains Monday and the lower Midwest on Tuesday. Along with damaging winds, large hail, and heavy downpours, there is also a tornado threat that will have to be dealt with.

The West Coast storm is a result of the Mars-Neptune opposition and the Plains blizzard and storms are triggered by the Sun's opposition to Saturn.

Major Storms for February and March?
Saturn, Uranus and Winter 2008-09
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Hitler versus Stalin

Even Hitler's armies of snoopers, his 95 Germans a day convicted of political crimes in 1933-39, his political murders, concentration camps and killings of Jews and left-wingers in that period, cannot match Stalin's record. Russia had traditions of secrecy and violence; but the isolation, paranoia and terror that kept the Soviet people in thrall for so long exceeded anything comparable, anywhere, ever. -- "The Heights of Evil," THE ECONOMIST, December 31, 1999, p.39.

According to R.J. Rummel in his book Death by Government, Hitler was responsible for a death toll of 20.9 million including prisoners of war, the aged, the sick, homosexuals, Jews, Slavs, Serbs, Czechs, Italians, Poles, Ukrainians and many others; but Stalin was twice the demon that Hitler was. Stalin murdered 42.7 million.

Recent Plains Weather

The Weather Alternative forecast for Feb 28 - March 2 took into consideration aspects of Mars and Mercury to Saturn, and called for possible windy and cold weather over the Plains.
The Accuweather map at left shows a deep penetration of arctic air over the Plains on the 28th, which came in on gusty breeze. The cold dropped temperatures 20 to 30 degrees and effectively bringing an end to the Texas heat wave.

Major Storms for February and March?

Saturn, Uranus and Winter 2008-09

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The Gore Effect

The "Gore Effect" is the phenomenon of cold and snowy weather that enjoys mocking global warming fear promoters.

BREAKING: Not again! Big DC March Snowstorm to Greet 'Largest public protest of global warming ever in U.S.!' – Unseasonably Cold March Temps!

Pelosi Snowed-Out of Global Warming Rally