5/23/2023 0 Comments Hows the weather up there comicThe gray overcast dominating the horizon means a large area is affected. If you find yourself toting an umbrella around for days “just in case,” rain will stick around for several hours when it finally comes. Ice crystals are reflected by the moon’s light, causing a halo to appear. Under those conditions, high, thin clouds get lower and thicker as they pass over the moon. If the clouds start to swell and take on a gray tint, they’re probably turning into thunderstorms. Watch out! “Rainbow in the morning gives you fair warning.”Ī rainbow in the morning indicates that a shower is in your near future.Ī ring around the moon usually indicates an advancing warm front, which means precipitation. Innocent clouds look like billowy cotton, not towers. When you spy large, white clouds that look like cauliflower or castles in the sky, there is probably lots of dynamic weather going on inside. Expect a chilly morning! “When clouds appear like towers, the Earth is refreshed by frequent showers.” If the night is clear enough to see the Moon and the temperature drops enough, frost will form. When the night sky is clear, Earth’s surface cools rapidly-there is no cloud cover to keep the heat in. ![]() If the rounded tops of these clouds, which have flat bases, grow higher than the one cloud’s width, then there’s a chance of a thunderstorm forming. Keep an eye, however, on the smaller puff clouds (cumulus), especially if it’s in the morning or early afternoon. ![]() If you spot wispy, thin clouds up where jet airplanes fly, expect a spell of pleasant weather. ![]() “The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.” Conversely, a reddish sunrise means that dry air from the west has already passed over us on their way easy, clearing the way for a storm to move in. Since weather in North American latitudes usually moves from west to east, a red sky at sunset means dry weather-good for sailing-is moving east. Red sky in morning, sailors take warning.”Ī reddish sunset means that the air is dusty and dry. Try out some old-fashioned forecasting-that still works today! Weather Sayings and Meanings “Red sky at night, sailors delight. Many of the traditional sayings they used, called proverbs, are surprisingly accurate.
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