Predicting Weather By The Moon - Xavier University Libraries

Weather By The Moon
and you see cirrus clouds you can safely say that the storm
has finished - fine weather will generally occur within 24
hours if the wind doesn’t change. When you see clouds
many-layered, in vertical halls and columns and clearly arranged
simultaneously at different altitudes, this generally
means unsettled weather approaching.
Haloes and coronas around the Moon, often associated
with cirrus, indicate the presence of middle or high
level clouds which are often a sign of cold fronts, advancing
rain or storms.
Hence:
A circling ring of deep and murky red, soon from his cave the God of
storms will rise.
PROVERBS
There are many proverbs that retain some truth and
some that are worth keeping for their poetry alone. They
are all part of our folklore.
FROM USA
‘If a groundhog sees its shadow at noon on 2 nd Feb, the following
6 weeks will be cold.’
‘When birds and badgers are fat on October, expect a cold
winter.’
FROM ENGLAND
‘St Swithin’s Day(15 th July)if ye no rain,
for 40 days it will remain;
St Swithin’s Day an ye be fair,
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