TROGNOSTICS OF THE Wt^ATHER. 84? 



a grey sky ; but if a red morning succeed, there is no 

 dew. 



If a white mist in an evening or night is spread over a 

 meadow through which a river passes, it will be drawn up 

 by the next morning's sun, and the day afterwards will be 

 bright. 



When a rainbow appears in the morning, rain will follow ; 

 but if in the evening, fine weather. If only a broken piece 

 or front of a rainbow is seen, then it will rain. If the red 

 predominates in a rainbow, wind will follov/ ; if the green 

 or blue, rain ; appearing to the north during boisterous wea- 

 ther, it will be fine afterwards. 



Lightning without thunder, after a clear day, is a sign of 

 the continuation of fine weather. 



Sky. — When those vapours whicli the heat of the day ex- 

 hales from the earth are precipitated by the cold night-air, 

 then the sky is clear in the morning ; but if they still remain 

 in the air, rain may be expected. 



A dark, thick sky, lasting for some time without either 

 sun or rain, changes to a fair, clear sky before it turns to rain. 



When a lowering redness spreads far upwards from the 

 horizon, either in the morning or evening, it is succeeded 

 either by rain or wind, frequently by both ; and when a 

 fiery redness, with rugged clouds, extends towards the zenith 

 in an evening, a high wind from the west or south-west, 

 attended with rain, follows : when the sky is tinged with a 

 sea-green colour near the horizon, when it ought to be blue, 

 rain will continue and increase ; when of a dead blue, it is 

 abundantly loaded with vapours, and the weather will be 

 showery. 



When the canopy is high it will be fair ; when low, rainy : 

 when orange-coloured in the morning, rain ; of a deep blue, 

 fair ; and of a pale blue, rainy. 



