Shepherd's warning.

[mcatrophy]

"Red sky in the morning ..."







"... Shepherd's warning."

 

[LKLD]

Nice!

I was taught to use 'sailor' instead, must be different on your side of the pond.

 

[Warpdrv]

Nice!
I was taught to use 'sailor' instead, must be different on your side of the pond.

Same here......

Red sky at night, sailors' delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning

 

[mcatrophy]

Shepherds or sailors: No right or wrong.

From the UK Meteorological Office web site:

"Red sky at night, shepherd's delight. Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning" first appeared in the bible in the Gospel of Matthew. It is an old weather saying often used at sunrise and sunset to signify the changing sky and originally known to help the shepherds prepare for the next day's weather. Despite there being global variations in this saying such as "Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky in morning, sailors warning", the scientific understanding behind such occurrences remain the same.

Explanation (same source):

Why does red sky appear at sunrise and sunset?The saying is most reliable when weather systems predominantly come from the west as they do in the UK. "Red sky at night, shepherds delight" can often be proven true, since red sky at night means fair weather is generally headed towards you.

A red sky appears when dust and small particles are trapped in the atmosphere by high pressure. This scatters blue light and leaving only red light to give the sky its notable appearance.

A red sky at sunset means high pressure is moving in from the west so therefore the next day will usually be dry and pleasant. "Red sky in the morning, shepherds warning" means a red sky appears due to the high pressure weather system having already moved east meaning the good weather has passed, most likely making way for a wet and windy low pressure system.

Of course, with the weather systems all topsy-turvy, we've had a very good morning (for the time of year), though it has rained this afternoon.

 

[Pterodactyl]

Should not good weather in the UK come only after some sort of warning?

 

[rogdeb]

Nice pics Mca

And you're right about the Shepherds. It's us Americans (did I just say that ??) that have it wrong

 

[mcatrophy]

Should not good weather in the UK come only after some sort of warning?

True.

[sick]Our oldies die of cold in our normal winter weather, they die of shock if we get good weather without warning.[/sick]

That's why I look at the sky, 'cos I'm pretty old. No, make that ugly old.