| Many traditional ways of forecasting the weather | | | | stable and you do not have to worry about any |
| often seem dated and superstitious, but modern | | | | inclement weather blowing in. However, if your |
| scientific and meteorological research has shown | | | | smoke isn't rising very high, it may be due to low |
| that traditional weather signs are actually more | | | | air pressure, which prevents the smoke from |
| accurate than you might think. For example, many | | | | rising and is also a good indicator of inclement |
| traditional weather signs focus on the behavior of | | | | weather to come. |
| animals, such as the flight patterns of birds. Well, | | | | "When the dew is on the grass, rain will never |
| scientists now know that since birds have hollow | | | | come to pass; when grass is dry at morning light, |
| bones, they are very sensitive to atmospheric | | | | look for rain before the night." Dew occurs |
| pressure, acting just like natural barometers. This | | | | because the moisture in the air condenses on the |
| article will explain how to use several traditional | | | | cool leaves and blade of grass, leaving a residue |
| weather forecasting methods to tell when that big | | | | of moisture, which happens generally during nights |
| storm is going to blow in. | | | | where the sky is clear and there is lots of |
| "Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky at | | | | atmospheric pressure. However, if there is no |
| morning, sailors take warning." A red sunset is | | | | dew, it is probably because the night was cloudy |
| probably caused by dust particles suspended in | | | | and the grass did not cool down enough for dew |
| the air, which signifies a dry tomorrow. If it were | | | | to form. |
| rainy, the dust particles have been knocked down | | | | There are dozens, probably hundreds of these |
| to the ground. On the other hand, the sky is the | | | | little tidbits of folk wisdom out there. While they |
| red in the morning, then that same dry, dusty air | | | | seem at first glance to be based on pure |
| is moving towards the east, away from you. | | | | superstition, it is surprising how many of these |
| Most likely, moist, cloudy air is blowing in the from | | | | sayings are based on solid scientific fact. By |
| the west and pushing the dry air away, | | | | learning them, understanding the meteorology |
| "If smoke goes high, no rain comes by; if smoke | | | | behind them, and applying them, you too can |
| hangs low, watch out for a blow." If you can see | | | | develop the uncanny nose for the weather that |
| the smoke from a fire going high up into the air, | | | | veteran outdoors people often display. |
| then there is no wind. The air is probably relatively | | | | |