 | sir Frederick George D. Bedford - 1875 - 542 pages
...but a light bright blue sky indicates fine weather. Generally, the softer clouds look, the less wind (but perhaps more rain) may be expected; and the harder,...sky at sunset, presages wind ; a pale yellow — wet ; orange or coppered colour — wind and rain ; and thus by the prevalence of red, yellow, green, grey,... | |
 | Joseph Merrin - 1875 - 322 pages
...light breezes ; hard-edged, oily-looking clouds, wind. Generally, the softer the clouds, the less wind (but perhaps more rain) may be expected ; and the...or ragged, the stronger the coming wind will prove. Small inky-looking clouds foretell rain ; light-scud clouds driving across heavy masses show wind and... | |
 | 1870 - 684 pages
...but a light bright blue sky indicates fine weaiher. Generally, the softer clouds look the ICSA wind i but perhaps more rain) may be expected ; and the harder, more "greasy," rolled, tufted, or rugged, the stronger the coming wind will prove. Also a bright yellow sky at sunset presages wind ;... | |
 | sir Frederick George D. Bedford - 1877 - 592 pages
...but a light bright blue sky indicates line weather. Generally, the softer clouds look, the less wind, (but perhaps more rain) may be expected ; and the...bright yellow sky at sunset, presages wind ; a pale yellowwet ; orange or coppered colour— wind and rain ; and thus by the prevalence of red, yellow,... | |
 | Fore and aft seamanship - 1878 - 34 pages
...r*n*%To" ^ bright blue sky indicates fine weather. Generally, the enfter clouds look, 1 he less wind (but perhaps more rain) may be expected; — and the...yellow sky at sunset presages wind : a pale yellow, wet : orange or copper coloured, wind and rain — and thus by the prevalence of red, yellow, green, grey,... | |
 | George Washington Plympton - 1878 - 134 pages
...but a light, bright blue sky indicates fine weather. Generally, the softer clouds look, the less wind (but perhaps more rain) may be expected; and the harder,...yellow sky at sunset presages wind, a pale yellow, wet: therefore by the prevalence and kind of red, yellow, or other tints, the coming weather may be foretold... | |
 | 1878 - 40 pages
...low down. bright blue sky indicates fine weather. Generally, the softer clouds look, the less wind (but perhaps more rain) may be expected;— and the...yellow sky at sunset presages wind ; a pale yellow, wet : 'orange or copper coloured, wind and rain — and thus by the prevalence of red, yellow, green, prey,... | |
 | 1879 - 384 pages
...9 Sa Bad harvest is foretold. — Yorkshire Proverbs. =53 10 S 14th Sunday after Trinity. ^54 ii M A bright yellow sky at sunset presages wind ; a pale yellow, wet. — 255 256 12 13 Tu W Admiral Fitzroy. 257 14 Th cates fine weather. When the sky is of a sickly-looking... | |
 | Robert Assheton Napier - 1880 - 132 pages
...Hard.edged oily.looking clouds foretell wind. Generally, the softer the clouds appear, the less wind (but perhaps more rain) may be expected; and the harder, more greasy, rolled, tufted or ragged they appear, the stronger the coming wind will prove. High upper clouds crossing the sun, moon, or... | |
 | Squire Thornton Stratford Lecky - 1881 - 682 pages
...clouds look, the less wind (but perhaps more rain) may be expected ; and the harder, more 'greasy,1 rolled, tufted, or ragged, — the stronger the coming...yellow sky at sunset presages wind : a pale yellow, wet : orange or copper coloured, wind and rain — and thus by the prevalence of red, yellow, green, grey,... | |
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Soft-looking or delicate clouds foretell fine weather, with moderate or light breezes; hard edged, oily-looking clouds, wind. A dark, gloomy blue sky is windy ; but a light, bright blue sky indicates fine weather. Generally, the softer clouds look the... 
