Dear
Educator,
 Imagine
a day before news papers, the Internet, television and radio. Before technology,
how did people know what the weather was going to be? People watched the
sky and nature, looking for patterns. Comparing what the weather was with what
they saw in the sky, on the ground, or in how the insects and animals acted. Here
are just a few examples, but there are many more: - If crows fly low,
winds going to blow; if crows fly high, winds going to die.
- When sea birds
fly to land there truly is a storm at hand.
- Onionskin is very thin, mild
winter is coming in. Onionskin is thick and tough, winter will be cold and rough.
- Rainbow in the east, sailors at peace. Rainbow in the west, sailors in
distress.
Learn more about Weather Folklore and how it got started
in WeatherBug Meteorologist Rachel Peterson's Real
World Instruction video. |
