The ranges appear to line up in accordance to equinoctial, solstitial or midsummer sunrise points. It uses the tropical zodiac, which is aligned to the equinoctial points. One effect of equinoctial periods is the temporary disruption of communications satellites. A remote old cliff-top house, rocked by equinoctial gales. The Baltic is also windy, with dangerous equinoctial storms. Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent. Later, a system of 24 "equinoctial" hours was used. Alicante enjoys mild winter temperatures, hot summers and little rain, concentrated in equinoctial periods. Oughtred also invented the Universal equinoctial ring dial. The speculation is that Uranus is becoming more Neptune-like during its equinoctial season. The second group contains ecliptic, solstitial, and equinoctial rings that turn as a unit. He invented a universal equinoctial ring dial of two rings. In "Equinoctial" two factions of Symb Pairs are engaged in a Holy War. Other hurricanes that made landfall include the Equinoctial Storm, Expedition Hurricane, and the Saxby Gale.