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LONG RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING

Dramatic Weather Events Seen Through a Geographical Natal Chart

A Chronology of Rhode Island's Great Storms

By Carolyn Egan

LONG RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING

The basic rules of long range weather forecasting originated with the astrologers of long ago, from Ptolemy to J.B. Morin and more recently, C.C. Zain in his book Weather Prediction. In brief, the ideas that Zain puts forth includes the examination of seasonal Sun ingress charts and four lunar phases, new, full and quarters. The 4th and 1st houses, their ruling sign and planets are analyzed and blended to develop a weather forecast.

After following the basic rules for several years of forecasting weather, I have discovered that a more accurate forecast can be achieved when transits to a located chart of a state, country or region are included in the analysis.

WHAT IS A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION CHART?

A geographic location chart is a well timed horoscope (birth chart) for an entire country, a state, or region and in the case of England, it is a coronation chart which has proved its worth. In general, this type of chart will have angular cusps which are sensitive to transiting planets.

The study of transits to a geographical location chart is a powerful technique that enables the astrometeorologist to create a more accurate long range extreme weather forecast. Finding such a chart is not always an easy task.

It is well known that transits are a reliable timing method based on the relationship of a planet's current position in the sky to a birth chart.

Charts from Marc Penfield's book Horoscopes of Cities and States of the USA have been examined and transits to the charts often describe the daily weather if the chart is well-timed! The list of dramatic weather events that follows in the state of Rhode Island and the transits to the location chart demonstrates the point of this article.

Dramatic weather is common in Florida and a chart for the state of Florida, when it became a state, has also been tested (fig 2). For this article, Penfield's rectified chart of the Founding of Newport, RI in the year 1639 is used (Fig 1) along with the most dramatic storms in its history.

WHY USE A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION CHART?

Weather forecasts can be created without the aid of a located chart. However, the additional information derived from the locational chart has more than once been the deciding factor for the final forecast.

In order for a birth chart, the locational chart, to be of value in forecasting the weather for a country, a state or a region, the angles (the cusps of houses 1, 4, 7, and 10) must be sensitive to major transits at the time of a strong weather event. Natal planets found close to the angular house cusps from either side will be sensitive as well. The table of transit hits for the Rhode Island storms demonstrates this nicely. The Founding of Newport, RI chart has only one planet, Uranus, which is close to an angle, the 4th house cusp. Uranus scored very high in the hurricane transit hits. The rulers of houses 1 and 4 also scored high.

The intensity of a weather event should reflect the number of and harshness of the planets transiting the angles and planets. In fact, as an aside, once the art of weather forecasting is learned, one can use the weather terminology in the specified 1st and 4th houses in your own natal birth chart with surprising and revealing results!

For example, Mars and Saturn in hard aspect to the 4th house cusp would mean 'violent and severe thunderstorms', and very often when the signs Gemini and Leo occupy the 1st and 4th house cusps (in some latitudes) the weather is fair, breezy and dry.

After a chart such as the one demonstrated in this article, the Founding of Newport, RI, has been observed and is workable, the area of land it covers will vary due to the terrain. In Southern New England, the Newport chart covers major storms for Rhode Island and coastal areas of Connecticut and Massachusetts, all three states having the same climate and vulnerability. In larger states such as Texas and California, more than one chart may be necessary to work with.

In addition to using transits to the locational chart, other forecasting techniques such as progressions, solar arc directions, solar returns and a progressed declination graph may be applied.

Meteorologists rely on statistical evidence to predict future cyclonic events. Their statements of long range event probabilities change frequently, hold no water and are vague and useless. The performance of astrometeorological forecasts constitutes a more accurate view of storm events proven in the past by several 20th century practitioners. The potential of the long range weather forecasting system continues to grow and one day the science oriented meteorologists may understand the value of integrating both models.

WHERE TO FIND A GEOGRAPHICAL FOUNDATION CHART

One very good source of timed charts is Marc Penfield's book Horoscopes of the USA and Canada. Many charts have rectified times with very good source history. I continue to test the charts for the USA coastal states for their effectiveness. To be effective in this endeavor, the work must be done to discover additional located charts.

Many of the older charts seem to resonate more with the location, than the charts for the state's entrance into the union. The local library and historical society are two other sources where significant dates of founding or settlements may prove useful as well. Historical text may include a general time of a foundation meeting or treaty that could be tested and rectified. Without question, the internet continues to be one of our most valuable resources.

Generally, more than one chart may need to be tested for a location, but the chart for The Founding of the City of Newport, RI (fig. 1), rectified by Marc Penfield, is the one chart with angles sensitive to transits. A total of four charts were tested for Rhode Island. The ruling planets of the 1st and 4th house cusp signs, the main houses in weather work, were also sensitive to transits as demonstrated in the following analysis. The sensitivity of the planetary rulers of the 7th and 10th house signs is not necessary to the study because the 4th and 1st houses, the signs on the cusps and planets close to the cusps are generally the main weather indicators.

Figure 1

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF RHODE ISLAND'S GREAT STORMS and
NOTEABLE TRANSITS TO THE FOUNDING CHART IN NEWPORT, RI

Aspects and Orbs
In most cases, the orb of influence is one degree or less. In some cases an orb of two degrees is used and in one case, an orb of two and one half degrees was used within a pattern. Two tables follow the storm descriptions and transits, summarizing the type of transit and the total hits to a point or planet. All but one storm is of a tropical/hurricane category. One winter storm that paralyzed Rhode Island, all of New England and parts of the northeast USA for nearly a week is included. For each storm, the date of landfall is used.

August 15, 1635
The Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635 struck Narragansett Bay,(Providence) RI at about a category 3 hurricane, killing more than 46 people.
Major transits landed on the Newport chart even though this storm is four years prior to the 1639 chart. On the day of landfall, Venus and Mars were conjoined transiting conjunct the natal Moon and in a square aspect to natal Uranus. Transiting (Transit)) Jupiter was opposite natal Saturn which also squares natal Sun. Transit Uranus was trine natal Venus.
October 29, 1693
A tropical cyclone struck New England and caused flooding so great, that new permanent inlets were created.
Transforming Pluto was transit conjunct the natal ascendant by less than one degree. Transit Mars was applying by 2 degrees to the ascendant. Transit Uranus was applying to a conjunction with natal Mars by one degree. Transit Jupiter was applying to square natal Uranus by less than one degree.
November 1, 1778
A late season hurricane struck Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Rhode Island killing 50 to 70 people.
Pluto was applying by transit opposing the 1st house cusp within 2 degrees. Tansit Saturn was applying to a square of natal Saturn and opposition to natal Sun by a small orb.
August 19, 1788
A compact but powerful hurricane devastates forests along a narrow track from New Jersey to Maine.
Transit Uranus conjuncts the ascendant. by less than one degree. Transit Neptune was on the 4th house cusp within 2.5 degrees. Transit Pluto was square to the natal Sun by one degree. Saturn transiting was in square to natal Venus by less than one degree.
September 23-24, 1815
The Great September Gale of 1815 struck New England as a major hurricane and delivered an 11-foot storm surge that funneled up Narragansett Bay where it destroyed some 500 houses and 35 ships and flooded the city of Providence, RI. It also was the cause of over 38 deaths in New England.
Transit Neptune was sextile the natal 4th house cusp by less than one degree while transit Jupiter was conjunct the natal 4th cusp to the degree. Any combination of Venus, Jupiter and Neptune tends to be a tropical influence. Transit Uranus was opposite natal Mercury to the degree and conjunct natal Jupiter by less than one degree.
October 14, 1846
The Great Havana (Cuba) Hurricane of 1846 likely struck near Hartford, Connecticut, where hurricane-force winds destroyed a trestle bridge. Numerous apple orchards in Massachusetts were reported ruined. Luckily, no deaths were reported when the hurricane passed over New England.
Transit Pluto was in square to natal Moon by 15 minutes. Transit Saturn conjuncted Neptune and was trine natal Uranus.
October 19, 1851
A tropical storm formed north of the Bahamas on October 16. It continued northward and reached a peak intensity of 70 mph. But it weakened to a 60 mph-storm before it made landfall in Rhode Island on the 19th. Later that day it dissipated on the border between Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Neptune transits in square to natal Venus by less than one degree. Transit Uranus squares natal ascendant by less than one degree. Transit Saturn squares the ascendant to the degree. Transit Jupiter squares natal ascendant to the degree.
September 16, 1858
A category 1 hurricane made landfall on the Connecticut-Rhode Island border and brought heavy rain to New England before exiting Maine as a tropical storm.
Transit Neptune was in trine natal Moon to the degree. Transit Uranus was conjunct natal Mercury to the degree and also opposite to natal Jupiter by one degree.

September 28, 1861
A hurricane hit Connecticut as a 60 mph tropical storm. It then continued east-northeast and dissippated in extreme eastern Maine later that day.

Neptune transiting to trine the natal ascendant by a degree helps ease this storm in instead of destroying the environment. Jupiter also applied to square natal Mars perhaps avoiding more devastation than from a malefic.

In 1938, transiting Pluto was on the 1st house cusp in the RI char. In 2005,transiting Pluto was aspecting the natal Moon in the State of Louisiana's natal chart when Hurricane Katrina made landfall. The natal Moon is the ruler of the 1st house cusp and transit Pluto also squared the natal 4th and 10th cusps of the chart.

September 21, 1938
The Great Unnamed Hurricane of 1938 and also known as The Long Island Express. A classic storm - the transits electrified the Founding of Newport RI chart. Examining the charts for this storm convinced me to add the Newport RI chart to the study. The full analysis of the storm can be found at my website under Classic Storms. http://www.weathersage.com/storms/index.htm
Transit Saturn was applying to the 10th house cusp while transit Pluto, both malefics, was conjunct the degree of the natal ascendant. Transit Uranus was conjunct the natal Sun. Also the transiting stellium in Virgo was in square aspect to the natal Gemini stellium.
August 31, 1954
Hurricane Carol was the most destructive tropical cyclone to hit the northeast Atlantic states since the 1938 hurricane. The storm killed 66 people, injured several thousand, and left many locations in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and southeastern Massachusetts in shambles.
The very tropical pair of Venus and Neptune conjoined in transit and was conjunct natal Uranus in the 4th house. The transiting pair of Jupiter and Uranus conjunct was with the natal Moon. Transit Pluto was sextile natal Uranus by 5 minutes.
September 11, 1954
Hurricane Edna - the eye of the storm passed between Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts fortunately at low tide. As the storm continued northeast, winds began to wrap around the storm from the north with gale force winds extending outward 400 miles from the center. Winds of 110 mph were reported at Block Island, RI, 90 mph at Providence, RI, and 87 mph at Boston with a brief gust of 101 mph from the northwest.
The transits to the Newport chart are similar to those of Hurricane Carol with the Neptune transiting closer to a conjunction with natal Uranus. Transiting Jupiter was conjunct the natal Moon to the degree.
August 19, 1955
Hurricane Diane. After reaching Virginia, stormy Diane recurved to the northeast in response to the weakening of the Bermuda-Azores high. She paralleled the south coast of New England as a tropical storm.. Diane brought heavy rain through New England and the rain-saturated area had no room for more. Many small rivers rose above their banks from mountain run-off and flooded towns throughout New England. Flood records were numerous throughout the northeast, and damage was high.
A year later after Hurricane Edna, transit Neptune was still hovering, conjunct natal Uranus in the 4th house and transit Mars egged on Neptune by exact sextile. Transit Uranus was about to conjoin the natal ascendant. Transit Saturn was also approaching the opposition to natal Sun by 2.5 degrees.
September 12-13, 1960
Hurricane Donna was the only hurricane of record to produce hurricane force winds from Florida all the way up the coast to New England. Extreme winds were found at Block Island, Rhode Island from 95mph with gusts up to 130 mph.
Transit Pluto and Neptune were in sextile aspect, affecting natal Venus, ruler of the 4th house cusp by square and quincunx aspect.
September 21,1961
Hurricane Esther, a classical storm track up the East Coast threatened New England 23 years to the day of 1938 Hurricane. Rainfall measured 7 to 8 inches and wind gusts in southern New England to over 80 mph. Esther had a weird track that did a loop-de-loop in a circle off the southern New England coast.
There was a strong transit pattern of Saturn square to both Mercury and Mars and were conjunct the natal Uranus. An additional transit of Venus conjunct Uranus was also in square to natal Pluto by one degree. The midpoint of transiting Saturn and Jupiter could also be counted as a contributing factor as it was the same degree in square to natal Uranus.
February 6, 1978
The Blizzard of 1978 generated extreme conditions across the Northeast, and began February 5, 1978. The next day, the storm had tracked north and taken on the cyclonic counter-clockwise flow characteristic of nor'easters but which made the storm comparable to a strong Category 1 hurricane.
Transit Pluto was at work again as it was conjunct the 4th house cusp. Transit Uranus was opposite the Sun while Neptune was quincunx the Sun. The Transit Sun squared its natal position and conjuncted natal Saturn. Mars brought on the chaotic condtions as it squared natal Uranus for the surprize factor in a storm that paralyzed the northeast for a week.
September 26, 1985
Hurricane Gloria brought gusts of 80 mph in southern New England. She was a significant hurricane in New England and the 1st major storm to affect entire region since Donna in 1960. Total storm damage in Carolinas and New England was near 1 billion dollars. Gloria arrived at low tide with a storm surge of about one foot. There was minor coastal flooding and damage in Rhode Island.
The lack of strong transits to the Rhode Island chart for this storm indicates the lesser intensity, damage and costs. Transit Pluto was close to two degrees square the ascendant and quincunx natal Mercury. Transit Neptune was quincunx the ascendant. Transiting Uranus was opposite natal Mars and Jupiter was transit trine to Venus.
August 19, 1991
Hurricane Bob set a record 24 hour precipitation total of 7.87 inches and wind gusts to 125 mph on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Heavy damage was reported in all of coastal New England. There was major flooding in most of the New England towns from this category two hurricane.
Transit Pluto was opposite the natal Sun and square to natal Saturn. Transit Saturn sits on the 7th house cusp opposite the ascendant.
July 13, 1996
Hurricane Bertha was an extremely rare Cape Verde storm, unprecedented for the time of year. This storm originated from an African wave about three weeks before the beginning of the "normal" Cape Verde season. Bertha did weaken to a tropical storm while moving through the Northeast States bringing very heavy rainfall and strong, gusty winds. Rainfall amounts of over 6 inches fell in some locations, including Maine. Winds were gusting to over 40 mph, and over 70 mph in Rhode Island and along coastal sections. Significant river and stream flooding caused problems. Three tornados were reported in New England, two in Rhode Island and one in Massachusetts. Bertha was only the 4th tropical system on record to directly affect New England in July with a previous one, Brenda, in 1960.
Transit Pluto was conjunct Jupiter and trine the ascendant while transit Neptune was square to natal Uranus by one degree. Transit Uranus was opposite the ascendant and trine to natal Mercury while transit Saturn sextiled natal Venus.
September 17, 1999
Hurricane Floyd didn't pack as hard a punch in New England as many feared, but the storm still caused a number of problems. Floyd dumped over 9 inches of rain on parts of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts, and strong winds toppled trees that knocked out power to more than 119,000 customers in New England.
Pluto and Mars were in transit conjunct, and were opposite natal Venus. Transit Neptune was exactly conjunct the natal 7th house cusp. Transit Saturn had just stationed retrograde at 17 degrees Taurus on the natal Sun.

TABLE OF DATES, STORM NAME AND TRANSITS

The table helps to identify and summarize the points or planets that are transited most frequently in the founding chart. In all cases, the planets listed first are the transiting planets.

LANDFALL DATE	NAME OF STORM	TRANSITS TO NATAL
Aug 15, 1635	Great Colonial Hurricane	Venus conjunct Moon Mars conjunct Moon Venus square Uranus Mars square Uranus Jupiter opposite Saturn Jupiter square Sun Jupiter sextile 4th cusp Uranus trine Venus
Oct 29, 1693	Tropical cyclone	Pluto conjunct ascendant Mars conjunct ascendant Neptune conjunct 10th cusp Uranus conjunct Mars Jupiter square Uranus
Nov 1, 1778	Late season hurricane	Pluto conjunct 7th cusp Saturn square Saturn Saturn square Sun
Aug 19, 1788	Powerful hurricane	Uranus conjunct ascendant Neptune conjunct 4th cusp Pluto square Sun Saturn square Venus
Sept 23-24, 1815	Great September Gale	Neptune sextile 4th cusp Jupiter conjunct 4th cusp Uranus conjunct Jupiter Uranus opposite Mercury
Oct 14, 1846	Great Havana Hurricane	Pluto square Moon Saturn conjunct Neptune Saturn trine Uranus
Oct 19, 1851	Tropical storm	Neptune square Venus Uranus square ascendant Saturn square ascendant Jupiter square ascendant
Sept 16, 1858	Category 1 hurricane	Neptune trine Moon Uranus conjunct Mercury. Uranus opposite Jupiter
Sept 28, 1861	Tropical storm	Neptune trine ascendant Jupiter square Mars
Sept 21, 1938	Great Unnamed Hurricane of 1938	Pluto conjunct the ascendant Uranus conjunct Sun Saturn conjunct the 10th cusp Mars square Venus Mercury square Mars Neptune sextile Neptune
Aug 31, 1954	Hurricane Carol	Venus conjunct Uranus Neptune conjunct Uranus Jupiter conjunct Moon Uranus conjunct Moon Pluto sextile Uranus
Sept 11, 1954	Hurricane Edna	Neptune conjunct Uranus Jupiter conjunct Moon
Aug 19, 1955	Hurricane Diane	Neptune conjunct Uranus Uranus conjunct the ascendant Saturn opposite Sun.
Sept 12-13, 1960	Hurricane Donna	Pluto square Venus Neptune quincunx Venus.
Sept 21, 1961	Hurricane Esther	Saturn conjunct Uranus Mercury conjunct Uranus Mars conjunct Uranus Uranus square Pluto Venus square Pluto
Feb 6, 1978	Blizzard of '78	Pluto conjunct 4th cusp Uranus opposite Sun Neptune quincunx Sun Sun square Sun Sun square Saturn Mare square Uranus
Sept 26, 1985	Hurricane Gloria	Pluto square ascendant Pluto quincunx Mercury. Neptune quincunx ascendant Uranus opposite Mars Jupiter trine Venus.
Aug 19, 1991	Hurricane Bob	Pluto opposite Sun Pluto square Saturn Saturn conjunct 7th cusp
July 13, 1996	Hurricane Bertha	Pluto conjunct Jupiter Pluto trine ascendant Neptune square Uranus Uranus conjunct 7th cusp Uranus trine Mercury Saturn sextile Venus
Sept 17, 1999	Hurricane Floyd	Neptune conjunct 7th cusp Pluto opposite Venus Mars opposite Venus Saturn conjunct Sun

The aspects used are the conjunction, sextile, square, trine, quincunx and opposition. Please note there were only a few sextile and quincunx aspects.

NATAL POINT OR PLANET	NUMBER OF HITS BY TRANSIT
Ascendant Leo (includes oppositions from 7th)	16
Uranus in the 4th house	13
Sun ruler of the 1st house	10
Venus ruler of 4th house Libra	9
IC or 4th cusp (included oppositions from MC)	8
Moon	7
Mars	4
Mercury	4
Saturn	4
Pluto	3
Jupiter	3
Neptune	2

OBSERVATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS

The observation and analysis of the 1st and 4th house cusps and their ruling planets is essential to the study of long range weather forecasting using lunation charts. When the angle or cusp of the 1st and 4th houses, and/or the rulers are transited by planets there is a weather event. Transits to the same points and planets of the locational chart for Newport, RI are the highest totals.

The 4th and 1st house cusps and ruling planets, plus a planet close to the 4th house cusp of the Newport RI chart received the largest number of transits for the most significant storms of close to 400 years.

The ascendant/descendant (1st and 7th house cusps) axis is the horizon or the 'lay of the land'. We can combine the ascendant hits with transits hits to the ruler of the ascendant the Sun. The total of sixteen and seven transits is twenty-six.

The 4th house cusp was determined important by Zain and later George J. McCormack, an astrometeorologist for 50 years, proposed the 4th house cusp to be the receiver of the energies of the planets using seasonal ingress charts and the lunation charts and he claims that about one half of the forecast comes from this point. The 4th and 1st house cusps on any chart are determined by the date, time and location data.

In the Newport chart, the cusp of the 4th house received eight hits and the ruler of the Libra cusp, Venus, received nine for a total of seventeen hits. Natal Uranus in the 4th house, close to the cusp received thirteen hits. Combining all three, the cusp of the 4th, the ruling planet of the 4th cusp and Uranus, in the 4th total came to an amazing 30 hits.

The conclusion is that a geographical located chart compared with transits is a valuable addition to the study of long range weather forecasting.

I am hoping to encourage astrologers to look further into the study of weather because we all talk about the weather and think there is nothing we can do about it. It is my hope to improve astrology's image when more astrologers can provide accurate long range weather forecasts.

A recent addition to the weather website that was launched in May 2000, is a Tribute Page to those who are published and have made great strides in the field of long range forecasting. Well known astrologer Alphee Lavoie is featured here; he presented a lecture on long range weather forecasting to a group of astrologers in Rhode Island in the early 1990s. http://www.weathersage.com/tributes/

FUTURE FORECASTS

The article would not be complete without an idea of what the future may hold for Rhode Islan and nearby states in terms of dramatic weather events. Judging only from the study of transits to the Newport chart, the 2007 and 2008 hurricane seasons will have storms that will impact the region. However, the outer planets are not in position to affect the major sensitive points that are listed in the table and damage may be minimal.

For the years 2009 and 2010, the Newport, RI chart is mostly quiet. In 2011 there will be concern for both the winter and hurricane seasons. In the year 2012, stressful transits to the Newport chart prevail from July through November with connections to the eclipse of November 13, 2012.

The element of chance is always present in the study of astrology prediction and Mother Nature has not yet revealed all her secrets, but with the current crew of astrometeorologists, we have enough insight and experience to strive for a 90 percent accurate seasonal forecast.

Astrologers of all levels can begin to forecast weather with information from the C.C. Zain book or a self-study course I have designed and available on my website. Adding a geographical location chart for your area will greatly add to the forecast.

The State of Florida chart from Penfield's book is another excellent backup chart. (Fig. 2) A good exercise would be for the reader to select a few of the classic storms in Florida - Hurricane Andrew and the hurricanes of the 2004 season for starters. Set up the Florida chart with future lunations to see when strong transits to the angular houses, 1, 4, 7 and 10 will brew up another
weather event.

Figure 2

Credits Thanks to Alphee Lavoie for the introduction to weather forecasting, to Nick Campion for his innovative lectures and to Judy Johns for her mundane work.

Bibliography:
Horoscopes of the USA and Canada by Penfield, Marc H. AFA
1635 Hurricane - The 1938 Hurricane pg 17; Wm Elliott Minsinger ISBN 0-945967-03-09

Web resources
Information on C.C. Zain and George J. McCormack http://www.weathersage.com/tributes/
General resource for all hurricanes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane

Additional Web Resources
1635 Colonial Hurricane http://www.pivot.net/~cotterly/history.htm
1693 Tropical Storm http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-new-england-hurricanes
1778 Tropical Storm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_England_hurricanes
1788 Hurricane http://atm.geo.nsf.gov/dstreme/learn/19_w_sum.htm
1815 The Great Gale of 1815 http://www.geo.brown.edu/georesearch/esh/QE/Research/CoastStd/NEHurric.htm
1846 The Great Havana (Cuba) Hurricane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_England_hurricanes
1851 Tropical storm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_England_hurricanes
1858 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_England_hurricanes
1938 Great Unnamed Storm of 1938 http://weathersage.com/storms/index.htm
1954 Hurricane Carol http://www.geocities.com/hurricanene/hurricanecarol.htm
1954 Hurricane Edna http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/weather/hurricaneguide/sfl-hc-history-1950to1990,0,3890992.htmlstory?coll=orl-weather-hurr-utility
1955 Hurricane Diane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Diane
1960 Hurricane Donna http://www.weather.com/newscenter/specialreports/sotc/honorable/1960.html
1961 Hurricane Esther http://weather.mercurynews.com/auto/mercurynews/hurricane/at1961.asp
1978 Blizzard of '78 http://www.hurricanes-blizzards-noreasters.com/78blizzard.html
1985 Hurricane Gloria http://www.geocities.com/hurricanene/hurricanegloria.htm
1991 Hurricane Bob http://www.geocities.com/hurricanene/hurricanebob.htm
1996 Hurricane Bertha http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wbertha.htm
1999 Hurricane Floyd http://www.deadlystorms.com/xtra/hurricane_timeline.htm

BIO
Carolyn Egan of Rhode Island, USA has been an astrologer for over twenty years. Her specialty is long range weather forecasting. In the last ten years, Carolyn has taken many steps to insure, promote and improve long range weather forecasting. She has also gathered a network of astrologers who are both students of her weather course and independent practitioners who are subscribed to the astroweather e-mail list at Topica.com. The subscribers are a global group and it is they who will carry on the study of Astrometeorology. Two students of the weather course are authors of weather books, one from Austria and another from Puerto Rico. In addition, other accomplishments in the field of weather forecasting are as follows:

* Design, prepare, and distribute hundreds of long range weather reports quarterly.
* Pioneer a global internet class on long range weather forecasting 1998-2002
* Design a basic self-study course on long range weather forecasting
* Design and develop a website in 2000 to popularize and promote long range forecasting
* Honor accomplished and published astrometeorologists on a tribute page at the website
* Lecture, write and teach the weather course internationally