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Show ael oem sereneetnee Signs of Rain from the Rainbow. If the Rainbow appears very big, it denotes much Wet; but if very red, Wind withal. If a Rainbow appears after a long Drought, it fignifies Rain; but if it appears after a long time of Wet, it betokens fair Weather. If a Rainbow appears in the Morning, it betokens {mall Rain, and fair Weather prefently after. If a Rainbow vanifhes altogether, fair Weather will f vy Winds will arife, and bring great Showers from the Part that the Rainbow firft begins to break or vanith. Ifthe R be broken in manyParts, tempeftuous Winds are gathering in the Air. If after a Rai appears, the Colours grow darker and darker, Rainis gathering; if lighter, and the Colours fairer, fair Weather. Mr. Ozanam fays, a Rainbow in the Eaf, efpecially if it be of a bright, lively Colour, i of great Rain. ainbowin the Eaf?, in an Evening, pre- fages fair Weather ; but if the Colouris lively If there are to the North Weft white {cat tering Clouds, like Fleeces of Wool, it is a Sign offair Weather. W hen white Clouds or Mifts hang jut over Rivers, and difperfe no farther, it is a Sign of fair Weather. When a Rainbow appears after a Shower, andthe blue oryellowPart of it be verybright, and the higheft Colour, they are Tokens of fair Weather. When Bees fly far from their Hives, and come home late,it is a Sign offair Weather, When there are great Swarms of Gnats, it prefages fair Weather. Glow-worms fhining by Night is a Sign of fair Weather. WhenKites fly aloft, it befpeaks fair dry Weather: 'The Lord Bacon gives this Reafon for it; Becaufe the Kite mounts moft into the Air of that Temper wherein he delights ; for this afpiring Bird does not fo much affeé the Groffnefs of the Air, as the Cold and Frefhnefs of it; for being a Bird of Prey, and therefore hot, he delights in the frefh Air, When Swallows fly high, it isa Sign of fair and red, it prefages Wind i Weather. A Rainbowin the Wef? foretels an indifferent WhenOwls hoot much, it is a Sign of fair Quantity of Rain and Thunder. Weather: and tho’ Owls do always hoot much Iftwo Rainbows appear together, it fore- both in wet and dry Weather, yet thereis this tels fair Weather for the prefent, but Rain two Difference, that their Hooting is more clamoor three Days after, rous in wet Weather, but more eafyandfedate in fair Weather. Proguoftications of the Weatherfrom Mifts. When Halcyons, Coots, and other Seas Fowls, leave the Shores, and flock to the Sea, If Mifts arife out of Ponds and Rivers, to it is a Sign of fair Weather. the Top of Hills, it betokens, that therewill WhenCattle feed eagerly, without looking be Rain foon, either the fame Day, or com- about them, it is a Sign of fair Weather. monly within two or three Days ; but if when When Fifh rife frequently, and flirt upon theyarife out of fuch Places, they vanifh away, the Watet, it is a Sign of fair Weather. it is a Sign of fair Weather. Spiders Webs in the Air, or on the Grafs Ifthere be a general Mi?, both on the Hills and Trees, foretel much fair Weather. and Vales, before the Sun-rifing near the Full1. A thick, dark Sky, lajting for [ome time, Moon, it denotes fair Weather. without cither Sun or Rain, always becomes firft Mr. Ozanam fays, If you obferve a white fair, then foul, i.e. changes to a fair clear Sky Vapour arifing upon Waters or Marfhes, or ere it turns to Rain Thus the Reverend Meads, after Sun-fet, or before Sun-rifing, it Mr. Clark, who kept a Regifter of the Weather will be fair warm Weather the next Day. for Thirty Years ; fince put into Mr. Derbam's Signs of Fair Weather. Hand by his Grandfon, the learned Doctor Samuel Clark, 'This, he fays, he fcarce ever knew to fail, at leaft, when the Wind was in Whenthe Sun is fair and brightat his rifing any of the Eafterly Points: But Mr. Derbam in a Morning, and is blufhing, without Spots or black Clouds near him whenhe fets at Night, it is a Sign of fair Weather. When the Moonis three or four Daysold, and has her Horns fharp, and pointed very has obferved the Rule to hold good, be the : Wind where it will. The Canfe is obvious. ‘The Atmofphere is replete with Vapours, which, tho’ fufficient to refleé, and intercept the Sun’s Rays from us, yet want Denfity to defcend ; and while the to the Full, if not the whole Month. If the Moon has a bright, fhining Circle about her when fhe is at the Full, it promifes fair Weather for many Days. When the Stars fhine out clear and bright, and feem to dart out pointed Rays, it is a Signof fair Weather. Alfo when little Clouds fink low, as into Valleys at South-Eaf or South- Veft, it is a Signof fair Weather, ; Vapours continue in the fame State, the Weatver bright, it is a Sign offair Weathertill fhe comes will do fe too. Accordingly, fuch Weather is generally attended with moderate Warmth, and withlittle or no Wind to difturb the Va- pours, and an heavy Atmofphere to fuftain them ; the Barometer being commonly. high. -——But when the Cold approaches, and by cendenfing, drives the Vapours into Clo ds . Drops, then Wayis made for the Sun-beams, till the fame#Vapours, being, byfarther ConIf the Tops of Hills be clear, it isa Sign of denfation, form’d into Rain, fall down 1 Drops. WE WE WE Wek 2. A 2. A Change in the Warmth of the Weather, is generally followed by a Change of the Wind — Thus the Northerly and Southerly Winds, commonly efteemed the Caufes of cold and warm Weather, are really the Effects of the Cold or Warmthof the Atmofphere; of which Mr. Derbam affures us, he has had fo many Confirmations, that he makes no Doubt of it. ‘Thus it is common, to fee a warm Southerly Wind fuddenly chang’d to the North, by the Fall of Snowor Hail; or to fee the Wind in a cold frofty Morning North, when the Sun has well warm’d the Earth and Air, wheel towards the South, and again turn Northerly or Eafterly in the cold Evening. ofticks of the Weather by the Winds. Tf within a Day or tw vit in, i returns into the South gre ‘and 2 h a Rain, : turn Northward, and returninto the South the firft or fecond Day, as before, two or three times together after this Manner, then it is like to be in the South or South-weft two or three Months together for the moft Part, as it wasint the North before. . He does not mention the Eaft or Weft Winds, becaufe he fays, the Rains come ufually from the South, or in the fhifting of the Wind frome the South to the North: As for the Drought, the Wind is, for the moft part North-eaft, If it prove fair Weather : out of the South for a Week together (which is not ufual) it is like to be a great Drought, whenit hasrained for a long Time out of the South before. The Wind ufually turns from the North to the South quietly without Rain; but comes back againinto the North, with a ftrong Wind and Rain. The greateft Winds which blow down Houfes and Trees, ufually come by the turn- The Winds, fays Mr. Pointer, are the Caufes of the moft fudden and extraordinary Alterations of the Air. The Nature of the Winds is fuch, that by the Experience we have of them, we may very nearly predict what Weather we fhall have for two or three Days after. ing of the Wind out of the South by Weft As for Example: We knowthat in our into the North, which drives away Rain, and Climate, a South Windgenerally brings Rain, clears the Air, and a Weft Wind more ; and the Weft Wind is the predominant Wind with us, becaute Of Proguoftications of the Weather from the the Ocean lies on the Weit Side of our Barometer, Country. Andalfo, that a North Wind brings fair Mr. Derbamprefents us with the following Weather to us, as well as the Eaft Wind, Remarks : which does not laft fo long as the North ; 1. That fogsy Weather makes the Mercury therefore the North-eaft and South weft Winds rife in the Barometer, as well as the North are thofe \that are neceffary chiefly to be Wind -~—— The Canfe he fuggefts, probably treated of. enough, to be the Acceffion of the Load of Some curious Obferyers of the Weather Vapour to the former Weight of the Atmohave made this Obfervation for many Years; f{phere: Mizzling Weatherhe likewife obferves That there is as much South and Weft Wind to have the like Effect, The Colds and Heats in England and in eight Years, as there is North and Eaft zerland begin and end nearly Winds ; and of confequence, as many wet fame time 3 May, and any remar fg Years as dry ones. Mr. Pointer gives the following Rules to elpecially if ic continue any while, affects one know when the Wind will fet in one ofthefe Place as well as tother. 3. That the remarkably cold Days in 7 twoPoints, for the moft part for two orthree Anno 1708, were found in Switzerlandto preMonths together. Firft, as to the North-eaft Wind : When cede ours commonlyabout five Days or more ; the Wind turns to the North-eaft Point, and and that the remarkable Heats in the following continues in it two Days without Rain, and Months began to abate in does neither turn to the Southward the third Day, nor rain, then it is likely to continue eight or nine Days without Rain, and then to return into the South. If the Wind turn out of the South to the North-eaft again, and continues two Days in that Point, and neither rains, nor turns to the South the third Day, it is likely to continue North-eaft for two Months, and for the moft part for three Months, The Wind will finith thefe Turns towards the North in three the fame time, only fomewhat fooner here than there, 4. That the Winds in both Places frequently both Places about agree, yet theyoften differ 5. That the Barom i yays lower at Zurich than at Upmir y times one, and fometimes two Huglifo Inches ; but the common Difference is about half an Inch ; which may be folved either by fuppofing Zuric Weeks time, fituate one fourth of an Inch | Level of the Sea than Upmin, fappofing, that Part of the terraqui Secondly, as tothe South-weft Winds; when the Wind has been in the North for two as lying nearer the Line, to be more diftant from the Center than ours is, fonths or more, and comes to the South, there are ufually three or four fair Days at firft, and thenon the fourthor fifth Day comes Rain, or elfé the Wind turns North, and continuesftill dry. which lies nearerthe Pole. 6. That the Barometer generally r and falls together at far diftant Places: ‘Tho’ this Agreement of the Barometer is not fo conftant between Zurich and Up ér, as in Places nearer |
