Rainy Sunday morning
Good Morning Augusta. Yes, its still raining out there.
This morning it is overcast with rain. Fog early. High of 55F. Winds from
the NE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 100% with rainfall amounts near 1.1
in. possible.
Tonight it will be overcast with rain. Fog overnight. Low of 46F. Winds from
the NNE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 100% with rainfall amounts near 1.0
in. possible.
The readings outside right now, taken from my own weather instruments:
a relative humidity of 98% with a Dew Point of 48.8º F.
The temperature is 50.2ºF.
Presently we have South winds between 8.9 mph and 12.3 mph.
Our Barometric pressure is 29.70/PA 1005.7 and falling with a weather
graphic indicating rain.
UV is 1 out of 16 and moonrise will be at 7:39 PM EDT.
We had precipitation overnight of 1.90 inches and in the past hour of 0.09
inches.
Visibility is 5.0 miles-8.1 KM. with overcast to 400 ft/121 m.
This Weather Folklore is lifted in entirety from the Weather Folklore web
page's "history" section. Some of this material dates back to 300 BC.
Jules Verne (1828-1905) in his book "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"
writes
"By degrees the fog disappeared under the action of the sun's rays, the
radiant orb rose from behind the eastern horizon. The sea flamed under its
glance like a train of gunpowder. The clouds scattered in the heights were
coloured with lively tints of beautiful shades, and numerous "mare's tails,"
which betokened wind for that day."
A Shakespeare poem "Venus and Adonis", 1593, is described as
"a long narrative poem that tells of Adonis' rejection of the goddess of
love". In it an observation of the red sky is related to the coming weather.
Once more the ruby-coloured portal open, Which to his speech did honey
passage yield;
Like a red morn, that ever yet betokened Wrack to the seaman, tempest to the
field,
Sorrow to shepherds, woe unto the birds, Gusts and foul flaws to herdmen and
to herds.
The Bible in Matthew chapter 16, verses 2-3 records red sky in both the
morning and evening and relates it to the expected weather. Thus this
weather pattern was known to folks over 2000 years ago.
"He answered and said unto them. When it is evening ye say, it will be fair
weather for the sky is red. And in the morning, it will be foul weather
today for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the
face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?"
Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) wrote 150 philosophical treatises including one on
Meteorology. Based on first-hand observations his thoughts on earth sciences
encompassed rain, cloud, mist, dew, snow, hail, wind, thunder, lightning,
hurricanes, haloes and rainbows.
These items prove that weather observations are world wide. It was thought
that they had originated in England and migrated to the rest of the world.
We now see that they were valid in the eastern Mediterranean over 2,000
years ago.
To assist in remembering each pattern the rhymes developed, which then made
it easier to pass the information on to the next generation. They appear to
have been developed by three different groups of people, the sailor /
fisherman group, the farmer / shepherd group and the general community.
Next we need to establish when the adages (sayings) became rhymes.
Prognostications Of The Weather (from Robert Merry's Museum, November 1844)
indicates that the weather observations had commenced to be converted into
rhymes by the early 1800's.
I am informed that the below is a 16th century rhyme regarding St. Swithin's
day which is celebrated on the 15 July each year. It relates to a ninth
century bishop of Winchester, England and thus is a northern hemisphere
saying.
St Swithin's day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain;
St Swithin's day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain na mair.
This morning it is overcast with rain. Fog early. High of 55F. Winds from
the NE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 100% with rainfall amounts near 1.1
in. possible.
Tonight it will be overcast with rain. Fog overnight. Low of 46F. Winds from
the NNE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 100% with rainfall amounts near 1.0
in. possible.
The readings outside right now, taken from my own weather instruments:
a relative humidity of 98% with a Dew Point of 48.8º F.
The temperature is 50.2ºF.
Presently we have South winds between 8.9 mph and 12.3 mph.
Our Barometric pressure is 29.70/PA 1005.7 and falling with a weather
graphic indicating rain.
UV is 1 out of 16 and moonrise will be at 7:39 PM EDT.
We had precipitation overnight of 1.90 inches and in the past hour of 0.09
inches.
Visibility is 5.0 miles-8.1 KM. with overcast to 400 ft/121 m.
This Weather Folklore is lifted in entirety from the Weather Folklore web
page's "history" section. Some of this material dates back to 300 BC.
Jules Verne (1828-1905) in his book "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"
writes
"By degrees the fog disappeared under the action of the sun's rays, the
radiant orb rose from behind the eastern horizon. The sea flamed under its
glance like a train of gunpowder. The clouds scattered in the heights were
coloured with lively tints of beautiful shades, and numerous "mare's tails,"
which betokened wind for that day."
A Shakespeare poem "Venus and Adonis", 1593, is described as
"a long narrative poem that tells of Adonis' rejection of the goddess of
love". In it an observation of the red sky is related to the coming weather.
Once more the ruby-coloured portal open, Which to his speech did honey
passage yield;
Like a red morn, that ever yet betokened Wrack to the seaman, tempest to the
field,
Sorrow to shepherds, woe unto the birds, Gusts and foul flaws to herdmen and
to herds.
The Bible in Matthew chapter 16, verses 2-3 records red sky in both the
morning and evening and relates it to the expected weather. Thus this
weather pattern was known to folks over 2000 years ago.
"He answered and said unto them. When it is evening ye say, it will be fair
weather for the sky is red. And in the morning, it will be foul weather
today for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the
face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?"
Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) wrote 150 philosophical treatises including one on
Meteorology. Based on first-hand observations his thoughts on earth sciences
encompassed rain, cloud, mist, dew, snow, hail, wind, thunder, lightning,
hurricanes, haloes and rainbows.
These items prove that weather observations are world wide. It was thought
that they had originated in England and migrated to the rest of the world.
We now see that they were valid in the eastern Mediterranean over 2,000
years ago.
To assist in remembering each pattern the rhymes developed, which then made
it easier to pass the information on to the next generation. They appear to
have been developed by three different groups of people, the sailor /
fisherman group, the farmer / shepherd group and the general community.
Next we need to establish when the adages (sayings) became rhymes.
Prognostications Of The Weather (from Robert Merry's Museum, November 1844)
indicates that the weather observations had commenced to be converted into
rhymes by the early 1800's.
I am informed that the below is a 16th century rhyme regarding St. Swithin's
day which is celebrated on the 15 July each year. It relates to a ninth
century bishop of Winchester, England and thus is a northern hemisphere
saying.
St Swithin's day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain;
St Swithin's day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain na mair.
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