Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-04-24
WEATHER SIGNS.
Prophetic Wisdom which Can he Found
IN birds and Nature.

Prophetic Wisdom which Can lie Found
| IN Birds and Nature.
The man who is out of doors at sun
rise can form pretty accurate opinion
of what the day may be. II just before
sunrise the sky especially in the west
is sullused with red, rain generally
follows in the course of The day. In
winter often snow. If, however, II be
| frosty weather, the downfall is some
times delayed. On the other hand II
the sky be dull gray, and the sun risca
clear, gradually dispensing the vaporS,
| it will be fine II he retires behind the
/ clouds. and there are reddish streahs
about, il will rain. Should the sun
| later in the daY. shine through gray.
watery haze, ii viii probably be u rainy
night
The sunset is very unreliable. Often
n beautiful sunset will be followed by a
| bad day After rainy day, suddenly
at sunset, in the far west, will appear
magnificent streak of crimson mot
! copper-color) this generally foretcllS
fine day A tinted halo round the
sun AT setting occurs in long-continued
| rainy weather. A halo round the moon.
especially if some distance from it, is a
sure indication of downfall at hand.
Rainbows are unreliable, except they
occur in the morning, when rain may
be expected. Sun-dogs and fragments
of prismatic colors during the day
show continued unsettled weather. \
dazzling metallic iuster on foliage dur
ing a cloudess day in summer pre-
cedes change.
Huge piled-up masses of white elond
in a blue sky during winter indicate
snow or hail If small, dark clouds
float below the upper ones, moving
faster than they, rain will follow, as 1t
will if, in the morning. pale brown,
smokc-likc clouds are floating about,
RQd-tingcd clouds, high up ut evening,
are followed by wind, occasionally by
rain.
Misis at evening over low-lying
ground or near a river, precede fine
and warm DAYS. If mist in the morn
ing clears off rs the sun gets higher, it
will be fine; but if it settles down
again after lifting little, rain is at
hand No dew in the morning is
mostly followed by rain, and Il heavy
dew in the evening by a fine day. Rain
follows two or three consecutive hoar
frosts A shower of hail in the day
time is usually followed by frost at
night If, after rain, drops of water
still hang on the branches and twigs,
and TO window frames, the rain will re-
turn, but If they fall, and tie wood
work dries, fine weather is at hand.
Stones turn damp before wet; at the
scme time Il must he observed that the
fact of their doing so does not invaria-
bly, indicate rain, for they will do so
occasionally before heat,
Smoke descending heavily to the
ground is the sign OF very doubtful
weather.
Objects at great distances, which are
generally indistinctly seen, or even not
seen at all, sometimes loom out clear
and distinct When this happens, bad
weather or change of wind ensucs. A
well-known instance of this is the Isle
Of Wight, as seen from Southsca. II
the opposite shore is clearly seen, there
is rain about If, at night. after being
blown out and exposed to the outer air,
the wick of candle continues to
smoldcr long time. the next day will
be fine. Green-colored Sky bctokcns
unsettled bad weather. often long con-
tinucd.
If, on fine day, the dust suddenly
rise in a revolving, spiral column, rain
is near.
The howlng Of the wind indicates.
in most houses. but not invariably, that
downfall is near. In some houses.
owing 10 their construction, the wind
always means Wherever the wind is
at the time of the vcrnal equinox
March 2l and thcrcabouts). that will
be the prevailing wind throughout the
next three months
If the stars appear unusually numcr-
ous, and the "milky way VERY clearly
defined. with the surrounding sky dark.
or if there be a misty appearance over
the stars, rain is coming; while if there
be but few stars. and those very bright
and sparkling, in pale, stecly sky, il
will he fine.
Swine, before rain, are unusually
noisy and restless. Swallows in fine
weather will fly high, and at the APP
proach of rain close to the ground; but
the latter does not apply If the day is
cold, in which case they hawk very
low.
Common sparrows washing vigor-
ousIy in puddle ON the road, or at the
edge of running water is sure sign
of rain. A baker, who kept q parrot
in the dry atmosphere of the bake
offices. noticed that few hours before
rain the bird took an imaginary bath,
lluttering, as if splashing water, and
her feathers. r. CssscifS Fam
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