Cloud Proverbs

 

WAUPACA REPUBLICAN

July 15, 1887

 

Proverbs Relating to Clouds

 

            There can be no doubt that those who observe the clods can make pretty shrewd guesses as to the weather for the next twenty-four hours.  Proverbs relating to clouds are very numerous, and we give a few of those which are applicable at this time of the year:

            Anvil-shaped clouds are very likely to be followed by a gale of wind.

            If the sky becomes darker, without much rain, and divides into two layers of clouds, expect sudden gusts of wind.

            Brassy-colored clouds in the west at sunset indicate wind.

            If you see clouds going cross wind, there is a storm in the air.

            When on clear days isolated clouds drive over the zenith from the rain-wind side, storm and rain follow within twenty-four hours.

            If the clouds be of different heights, the sky being grayish or dirty blue, with hardly any wind stirring, the wind, however, changing from west to south, expect storm.

            Black clouds in the north in winter indicate approaching snow.

            If on a fair day in winter a white bank of clouds appear fleecy, with a very blue sky, expect cold rain or snow.

If clouds be dark,

‘Twill rain, do you hark?

If clouds be bright,

‘Twill clear to-night.

            If a layer of thin clouds drive up from the northwest, and under other moving more to the south, expect fine weather.

            Enough blue sky in the northwest to make a Scotchman a jacket is a sign of approaching clear weather.

            When the clouds hang on the mountainside after a rain, and the sun shines on top of the mountains the storm is over.