The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-07-15
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Lie 1udn VINO IS out OF doors at sun
rise can form pretty accurate opinion
OF what the day will be. If. just before
sunrise the sky--especially in the West
is suffused with red, rain generally
follows in the course of the day, in win
ter, often snow. If, however, it be
frosty weather, the downfall is some-
times delayed. On the other hand,
if the sky be dull gray and the sun
rises clear, gradually dispensing The
vapor, it will be fine. If he retires be-
hind the clouds and there are reddish
streaks about, it will rain. Should the
sun, later in the day, shine through u
gray watery haze, it will be probably
be rainy night. The sunset is very
unreliable. Often beautiful sunset
will be followed by bad day. After
rainy day, suddenly 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 especial ]y if
some distance from it, is sure indica-
ton 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. A
dazzling metallic lustre on foliage
during cloudless day in summer pre-
cedes change.
Huge piled up masses of white clouds
in 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 it
will if, in the morning, low hanging,
pale brown, smoke-like clouds are
floating about. Red-tinged clouds,
high up, at evening are followed by
wind, occasionally by rain.
Mists at evening over low-lying
ground or near river precede fine or
warm days. If a mist in the morning
clears off as the sun gets higher it will
be fine; but if it settles down after lift
ing little, rain is at hand. No dew in
tho morning is mostly followed by rain
and heavy dew in the evening
by fine day. Rain follows two or
three consecutive boar frosts. A show
er of hail in the daytime is usually fol-
lowed by frost at night. If, after rain,
drops OF water still hang on the branch
es and twigs and to window frames,
the rain will return; but if they fall
and the woodwork dries, fine weather
is at hand.
Objects at great distances, which are
gener ally indistinctly seen or even not
seen at all, sometimes loom out clear
and distinct; When this happens bad
weather or change of wind ensues. A
we'll known instance of this is the Isle
of Wight as seen from Southsea. II
the opposite shore is clearly seen there
is rain ab0u
1t, at night, after being blown out
and exposed to the outer air, the wick
OF candle continues to shoulder q
long time, the next day will be fine.
Green colored sky betoken unsettled.
bad weather, often long continued.
If, on fine day, the dust suddenly
rises in revolving, spiral column,
rain is near.
The bowling OF wind indicates in
most houses. bus not invariably, that
downfall is near. In some houses. ow-
ing to their construction, the wind al.
ways moan.
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 mouths.
IT the stars appear unusually numer-
Gus, and the milky way very clearly
defined. with the surrounding sky
dark, or if there be misty appear
ance over the stars, rain is coming.
while it there be but few stars, and
those very brig and sparkling, in a
pale, steely sky, it will be fine.
Swine before rain are usually noisy
and restless. Swallows in fine weather
will 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 vigor-
ously in puddle on the road, or at
the edge of a running water, is a sure
sign of rain. A baker, who kept q
parrot in the dry atmosphere of the
bake Offices, noticed that a few hours
before rain the bird took an i'm aginary
bath futtering as if splashing: water,
and precning her feathers. Casselp $
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