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THE SKY AN INDICATION OF THE WEATHER
December 30, 1859 partly from Scientific American
Colors of the sky at particular times afford wonderfully good guidance. Not only does a rosy sunset presage fair weather, and a ruddy sunrise bad weather, but there are other tints which speak with equal clearness and accuracy. A bright yellow sky in the evening indicates wind; a pale yellow, wet; a neutral gray color constitutes a favorable sign in the evening, an unfavorable one in the morning. The clouds again are full of meaning in them- selves. If their forms are soft, undefined and feathery, the weather will be fine; if their edges are hard, sharp and definite, it will he foul. Generally speaking, any deep unusual hues betoken wind or rain, whilst the more quiet and delicate tints bespeak fair weather. These are simple maxims; and yet not so simple that the British Board of Trade has thought fit to publish them. In addition the sound of area birds’ vigorous spirited chirping foretells the end of rain for awhile. The gruesome and horrifying squawk of a blue heron in the late evening will almost always mean about an hour of rain at 7:30 the next morning.
D.Gerow
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