Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-15
WEATHER SIGNS.
Prophetic Wisdom Which Can Be Found
In Birds and Nature,

| rrophetic WISDOM Which Can Be TOund
In Birds and Nature.
Tie man who is out of doors at sum
rise can form pretty accurate opinion
Of what the day may be. If just before
sunrise the sky-especially in tho west
is suflused with red, rain generally
follows in the course of the day. In
winter often snow. If, however, it be
frosty weather, the downfall is some-
times delayed. On the other hand, il
the sky be dull gray, and the sun rises
clear, gradually dispensing the vapors,
1t will be fine. If he retires behind the
clouds, and there are reddish streaks
about, it will rain. Should the srn.
later in the day, shine through a gray,
watery haze, it will probably be rainy
night
The sunset is very unreliable. Often
a beautiful sunset will be followed by a
bad day. After rainy day, suddenly
at sunset, in the far west, will appear
a magnificent streak of crimson mot
copper-color)-this generally foretells
a 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 prismatio oolors during the day
show continued unsettled weather. 4
dazzling metallic luster on foliage dur
ing a cloudlcss day in summer pre-
cedes a change.
Huge piled-up masses of white cloud
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, 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
and warm days. If mist in the morn
ing clears off as 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 ia
mostly followed by rain, and heavy
dew in the evening by fine day. Rain
follows two or three consecutive hoar
frosts. A shower of hail in the dav
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 the wood.
work dries, fine weather Is at hand
Stones turn damp before wet; at the
seme time it must be 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
Objects at great distances, which ara
generally indistinotly seen, or even not
seen at all, sometimes loom out clear
and distinct. When this happens, bad
weather or change of wind ensues. A
well-known 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 exposed to the outer air,
tue wick OF candle continues to
a long time, the next day will
be fine. Grecn-colorcd sky bctokens
unsettled bad weather, often long con-
tinued.
II, on fine day, the dust suddenly |
rise in a revolving, spiral column, rain
e near.
The howliDs Of the wind indicates,
n most houses, but not Invariably, tha!
DOWNFALL is l.ear. In some houses.
wing to thnir construction, the wind
'lways moaps. Wherever the wind is
1t the time Of the scrnal equinox
March 2l and thcreab )uts), that will |
'e the prevailing wind throughout the
leXt three mpnths.
IL the stars appear unusually numer-
nus, and the milky way" very clearly
lcfincd, with the surrounding sky dark,
n If there be misty appearance over
he stars, rain is coming; while if there
NC but few stars. and those very bright
md sparkling, in pale, steely sky, it
will be fine.
Swine, before rain, are unusually
Ioisy and restless. Swallows in fine
will fly high, and at the ap-
roach of rain close to the ground; but
he latter does not aDply IL the day is
old, in which case they hawk very
Dw.
Common sparrows washing vigor-
usly in puddle ON the road, or at the
dge of running water, is sure sign
I rain. A baker, who kept a parrot
the dry atmosphere Of the bake
ffices, noticed that few hours before
ain the bird took an imaginary bath,
uttering, as if splashing water, and
reening her feathers, CaSSeWs Fam
y Magazine.
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