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Red sky at night, sailor's delight
« on: June 11, 2011, 11:19:27 PM »
This forum has been an icicle for months.  I thought I would make it a sunrise.  8-)

Excerpt from a larger article at the Library of Congress website...
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/weather-sailor.html

Red sky at night, sailors delight.

When we see a red sky at night, this means that the setting sun is sending its light through a high concentration of dust particles. This usually indicates high pressure and stable air coming in from the west. Basically good weather will follow.

Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning.

A red sunrise reflects the dust particles of a system that has just passed from the west. This indicates that a storm system may be moving to the east. If the morning sky is a deep fiery red, it means a high water content in the atmosphere. So, rain is on its way.



Facit solem suum oriri super bonos et malos et pluit super iustos et iniustos.

Springtime in Seattle...  March comes in like a lion and out like a wet lion.

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Re: Red sky at night, sailor's delight
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2011, 11:22:11 PM »
I'm gonna start finding folklores to write on here.
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Re: Red sky at night, sailor's delight
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2011, 11:27:12 PM »
   Unless their is a wildfire burning nearby at the time! #-o ;) :grin:
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Re: Red sky at night, sailor's delight
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2011, 11:36:57 PM »
Yeah, I hate those nautical wildfires.

The LOC article is a good one.  It gives citations from Shakespeare and The Bible referring to the lore.

I'm suddenly thinking of Hemmingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" for some reason.  I recommend it to James and the other youngins.  It's a short book.


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Re: Red sky at night, sailor's delight
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2011, 11:43:44 PM »
   I was looking at it as we do here on the shore of  Lake Erie.  We look for the "red sky" from on-shore to see what is in store.
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Re: Red sky at night, sailor's delight
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2011, 11:46:46 PM »
   Here is a variant on your folklore:

       •Evening red and morning gray will set the traveler on his way/But evening gray and morning red will bring down rain upon his head

     this one is for land-lovers.
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Re: Red sky at night, sailor's delight
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2011, 05:27:06 PM »
Nice! I havent heard that one! I am amazed at how accurate folklore can be! :grin:
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Re: Red sky at night, sailor's delight
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2011, 09:29:18 PM »
Love The Old Man and the Sea. One of my favorites.
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Re: Red sky at night, sailor's delight
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2011, 06:16:28 PM »
Talking about the story? Never read it, but I hear it is very good.
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Re: Red sky at night, sailor's delight
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2011, 06:32:11 PM »
Yeah, Hemmingway is one of my favorites.
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Re: Red sky at night, sailor's delight
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2011, 06:50:04 PM »
Not trying to get off topic, but is it a difficult read? I might try it soon
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Re: Red sky at night, sailor's delight
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2011, 07:39:16 PM »
Not really, I had a bit of a lapse at first, trying to get into it, but once I really put myself in the shoes of the fisherman, it changed the whole perspective, and I couldn't put it down. It is very short, but still a page-turner ;)
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Re: Red sky at night, sailor's delight
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2011, 07:48:41 PM »
Ok! I might check that out!!! :grin:
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