Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-14
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Nahseih fAinily Magazine.
The man who is out of doors at sun
rise can form pretty accurate opinion of
what the day will be. II just before sun
rise the sky--especially in the VESTS
suffused with red rain generally follows
in the course OF the day; in winter, often
STOW. H. however, 1t be frosty weather,
the downfall is sometimes delayed On
the other hand, II the sky be dull-gray,
and the sun rises clear, gradually dis
persing the vapor, II will be hne. II hes
retires behind the clouds, and there are
reddish streaks about it, it will
rain. Should the sun, later in
the day, shine through gray,
waiery haze, it will probably be a rainy
night. The sunset is very unreliable.
Often beautiful sunset will be followed
by bad day, After a rainy day, sudden
ly sunset, in the far west, will appear
magnificent streak OF crimson not copper
color. This generally foretells fine
day A tinted halo round the sun at
setting occurs IN long-continued rainy
weather. A halo round the moon, espe-
cially II some distance from IL, is 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 con-
t.nued unsettled weather. dazzling
metallic luster on foliage during cloud
less day in summer precedes q change.
Huge piled-up masses of white cloud
| In blue sky during winter indicates
snow or hail. IL small, dark clouds float
below the upper ones, moving faster than
they, rain will follow, as 1t will II, In the
morning, low-hanging, pale brown, smoke
like clouds are floating about. Red
tlnged clouds, high-up, at evening are fol-
lowed by wind, occasionally by rain.
! Mists at evening over low-lying ground
or near river preoede line and warm
days. II a mist in the morning clears OFF
as the sun gets higher, II will be fine; but
IL Il settles down again alter lifting lit
tie, rain is at hand. No dew In
the morning is mostly followed by
rain, and u heavy dew In the even
ing by fine day. Rain follows two OF
three consecutive hoar frosts. A shower
of hail in the daytime is usually followed
by frost ut night. II, after rain, drops OF
water still hang on the branches and
twigs and TO window frames, the rain will
return; but II they fail and the wood
work dries, fine weather is at hand
/ Stones turn damp before wet; at the
same time it must be observed that the
fact of their doing so does not Invariably
indicate rain, for they will do SO occa-
sionally before neat.
Smoke descending heavily TO the ground
Is 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
low OH - min A ,aII I,,,o tv.,
instance Of this is the Isle Of Wight, as
seen from Southsea II the opposite
shore is clearly seen, there is rain about
If at night, after being blown out and OK.
posed to the outer air, the wick of can
die continues to shoulder long time,
the next day will be fine. Green colored
sky betokens unsettled, bad weather,
often long continued.
II on fine day the dust suddenly rises
In a revolving, spiral column, rain is
near.
The bowling OF wind indicates, in most
houses, but not invariably, that downfall
is near. In some houses, owing to their
construction, the wind always means
Wherever the wind Is at the time of the
vernal equinox (March 81 or there.
abouts) that will be the prevailing wind
throughout the next three months
II the stars appear unusually numerous
and the "milky way" very clearly de.
fined, with the surrounding sky dark, oil
II there be a misty appearance over the
stars, rain il coming, while II there ba
but few stars, and those very bright and
sparkling, in pale steely sky, IL will be
iine.
Swine before rain are unusually noisy
and restless. Swallows In fine weather
viii fly high and at the approach 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 vigorously
in puddle on the road, or at the edge Of
running water, is sure sign Of rain.
baker, who kept parrot in the dry at
mosphere Of the bake Offices, noticed thai
a few hours before rain the bird took al
imaginary bath, fiuttering as II splashins
water and preeping her feathers.
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