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August 21,1776
From the David McCullough book “1776”
The British Army was preparing to land troops at New York, but was delayed by an electrical storm. A Nimbus Cumulus cloud formed at 7PM over New York that lasted about three hours. Lightning from the cloud was reported to be constant, killing soldiers and cattle and burning houses. The black cloud seemed by observers to be revolving stationary over the city issuing a continuous bombardment of lightning and thunder. The next morning was clear. Whether Providence created the storm system, as many present thought, is not debatable, but the physical facts can be described.

The following is how the planets were configured that day.

The Jupiter system of force was low at 10% of maximum with a small movement, almost stationary, toward increasing.
The planet system of force was low at 50% and increasing.
The Moon system of force was 86%. Apogee on the 17th with a Moon period of 28.04 days and perigee on the 30th with a Moon period of 28.28 days.
Four days from apogee would place the Moon about 4 degrees north of the Sun’s latitude.
8/21/1776 Moon(18.6) geodetic position 53E at noon
July 30, 1776 the Moon was in full eclipse @ longitude 92E @ 2PM. 22 days later, August 21, the Moon was 15W @ 2PM and 70W @ 7PM and 115W @ 10PM.
Lunar perigee was August 1, 1776 @ 27.81 days period

Zenith of Sun Lat 12N, Long 165W(7PM)-150E(10PM)
The Moon longitude(235 at noon was intersecting the Jupiter system longitude(230) moving at 85 degrees phase approaching first quarter at 16N declination. The movement of the Moon away from the Sun should have decreased the Moon system of force. But it was being aided by the Jupiter system of force working on the liquid core creating a greater drag than usual with the surface plates and thus a greater direct current exchange. Nightfall increased the latent heat exchange in a humid summer atmosphere. While these estimates for position may not be accurate, they are close enough to conclude the proximate position of the increased magnetic field beginning about 1500 miles east of New York in the Atlantic Ocean and ending about 1600 miles west of New York, tracking along the bearing of S78W compared to Long Island average of S81W.
All systems of force increased the exchange between the Earth and the atmosphere over the Long Island of New York.
The Earth rotated 3100 miles in 3 hours across both the Sun and the Moon cone of force. During the three hours, the Moon zenith would have moved east 111 miles.
The Island of New York is about Lat 40N, Long 74W on the west side and Lat 41N, Long 72W on the east side.