Red sky in morning, sailors take warning; red sky at night, sailors delight.
A barrel around the moon brings storms the next noon.
My parents knew scores of these weather sayings. I don't remember them until I see the physical sign then it all comes back.
I've always looked for the barrel around the moon. I've seen the moon shining through light clouds. I always thought that was the barrel and it may well be. But in August of 2011 I saw a different phenomenon. I saw a barrel around the moon that was a perfect circle covering a full third of the sky.
It froze me. I looked at it as many different ways as I could. It was huge perfect circle around a nearly full moon. I have not seen it since. Now I wonder what was meant by the ancients when they coined that weather phrase.
I look for it often. I can't remember if it rained the next day.
A barrel around the moon brings storms the next noon.
My parents knew scores of these weather sayings. I don't remember them until I see the physical sign then it all comes back.
I've always looked for the barrel around the moon. I've seen the moon shining through light clouds. I always thought that was the barrel and it may well be. But in August of 2011 I saw a different phenomenon. I saw a barrel around the moon that was a perfect circle covering a full third of the sky.
It froze me. I looked at it as many different ways as I could. It was huge perfect circle around a nearly full moon. I have not seen it since. Now I wonder what was meant by the ancients when they coined that weather phrase.
I look for it often. I can't remember if it rained the next day.
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