Your goal is to explain with detail and meteorological proof why 5 of the statem
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Your goal is to explain with detail and meteorological proof why 5 of the statements below could have been used. Some of them you may have heard your grandparents use- I know my Grandfather did! Each idea can only be used 5 times so you will need to do some investigative work before writing :) No credit will be awarded if you are the sixth or more on one of the items listed.
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Weatherlore:
These are old sayings that people used to use to predict weather events. Your job is to try to explain at a minimum the scientific proof of 5 of them. I want your words (not Google's please!) and I need depth.
If the moon’s face is red, of water she speaks.
If you find yourself in a marsh or swamp and the air really stinks there is foul weather ahead.
Red sky at night, Sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, Sailor take warning.
Cobwebs on the grass are a sign of fair weather.
If the new moon holds the old moon in her bosom then the weather will be fair.
A ring around the moon brings rain or snow.
Mare’s tails and mackerel scales, make tall ships carry low sails.
Goose honks high, weather fair. Goose honks low, weather foul.
If smoke goes straight up from the chimney it will be a good day. If smoke curls off to the side, bad weather is on it’s way.
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass
No weather is ill if the wind be still
When the wind is in the South, it blows the bait in the fish’s mouth. When the wind is in the West, then 'tis at its very best.
Ants are busy, gnats bite, crickets sing louder then usual
spiders come down from their webs, and flies gather in
houses just before rain and possible severe storms.
Evening red and morning gray Are sure signs of a fine day.
Evening gray and morning red, put on your hat or you'll wet your head.
When bubbles are rising on the surface of coffee and they hold together, good weather is coming; If the bubbles break up, weather you don't need is coming
Water rising in springs and wells indicates rain.
If the perfume of flowers is unusually perceptible, Expect rain.
When stones sweat, rain you'll get.
Mist rising from the pond, fair weather tomorrow.
The factory smoke stack is more of a nuisance before a rain.
If salt is sticky, and gains in weight; it will rain before too late.
SOME FUN FACTS (not part of the assignment but will make you sound WICKED cool!):
* To find out what the humidity is.
Get a ruler, hold it up in the air, lined up with a Jet contrail, and Make sure that it's at the Start or at the End of the contrail.
After you have done so. Move the measuring stick up the contrail.
In other words measure the Contrail, By 12"
For Example: 12" + 12" + 12" + 12" = 48" So that would be 12" 4 times, times 10
So 4x10 = 40 and so on.
If the contrail is 58" long than that would be 12" + 12" + 12" + 12" + 6" = 53"
That would be calculated as 4.5 like 10 = 45 = 45% RH
Put a pine cone outside where you can observe
it from time to time. How does it change when the humidity increases?
It closes up in moist weather to protect the seeds...
Using a cricket is a great thermometer!!
In the evening when crickets are in the cool grass, count the number of chirps they
make in 14 seconds that will be the temperature in their location (the temperature
may be different where you are standing)..
Explanation / Answer
1. Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning
Explanation: This saying is actually originated from BIBLE(Matthew 16:1-3) which means you know how to interpret the appearance of the sky but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. Generally when the western sky is clear,there is often a red sunset because lower atmosphere do contain dust, smoke and pollution and these particles scatter away. If area of high air pressure is present, the air sinks and this sinking air holds all the contaminants near earth surface and make the sunset to appear even redder than usual.
2. No weather's ill even if the wind be still
Explanation: This saying do state that the weather tends to be stormy and stronger near the frontal boundaries(weather fronts) where two masses of air of different pressure come into contact. Generally winds are caused by changes in pressure, When wind is still it tends to be toward the center of high pressure or air mass, thus no weather illness. Calm conditions result from a circumstance calm before the storm because as mentioned above winds are caused by changes in pressure and if there is no wind and conditions are calm then it indicates higher pressure is settled over that particular area.
3. A ring around the moon brings rain or snow.
Explanation: Whenever clouds are made of ice crystals, they refract sunlight and moonlight. This clearly indicates that moisture is indeed in the air especially at higher altitudes and from there it could descend to lower altitudes where it usually falls like rain or snow. The shape of the ice crystals results in a focusing the light into a ring and these crystals behave like jewels refracting and reflecting in different directions. Interestingly it is also believed that the number of stars within a moon halo indiacte the number of days the bad weather will be arriving.
4. When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass
Explanation: Usually dew forms when grass gets colder than the dew point temperature. People also believed this proverb because they think that if the grass is wet, there is no water vapor left in the atmosphere to rain. But this isn't correct because in a moist and humid atmosphere, water vapor absorbs some of the heat and can redirect it back down to the ground thus keeping it dew free. Unfortunately many people back then don't really know that dew on grass is a great sign of high pressure system and good weather. Because in a clear dry atmosphere this heat escapes the atmosphere and rises into outer space.
5. If the goose honks high, fair weather. If the goose honks low, foul weather.
Explanation: if the goose honks are flying at high altitude, it's an indication of high barometric pressure and thus good weather. But if the goose honks are flying lower in the sky, then barometric pressure is low and weather is bad. The reason behind this belief is that when air pressure is high, the optimal level is high in the sky and when the air pressure is low, the optimum level in the sky is low. In my opinion neither high nor low the goose just fly high enough to avoid obstacles.
Compared to humans, most of the animals are vulnerable to environmental changes and they can detect even little change in atmosphere even before humans can detect.
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