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Weather By The Moon
But then almost to the day (March 26, th to be exact)
on another Full Moon day in 1812 there was an Earthquake
in exactly the same place; Columbia. That was 187
years ago, which, being 18.6 x 10 is exactly 10 full maximum
declination cycles of the Moon, earlier. Maximum
declination cycles are described in the next chapter.
Let’s look at another Earthquake, this time the gigantic
Napier Earthquake in New Zealand, in 1931.
Once again, a major quake occurred within a day or
two of the northern declination for that month (January).
The position of the Moon north or south seems to
seriously affect most weather, and the northern or southern
declination points are the touchstones. It is not just
earthquakes; - thunderstorms, tornadoes, tsunamis, cyclones,
hurricanes and floods are all part of the same process
of increased gravitational pull.
When we looking at a weather map, we want to know
the direction of the weather; that is, whether or not an
anticyclone(fine weather) that might be sitting north of the
country at present, will pass over our country or skip us by.
The rules are quite simple. If the Moon is at either its northern
or southern monthly declination points, the weather
situation will remain as it is for a few days. Mostly, the
weather will move at this time along the latitude lines.
This situation persists for a couple of days on either side
of the declination point. Therefore, if the anticyclone in
question is north of us, it will stay north and go slowly
from west to east. Winds will be mainly westerlies.
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