Weather Wisdom

Every Scout ought to be able to read signs of the weather, especially when going tamping, and to read a barometer.

He should remember the following points:

• red at night, shepherd's delight (i.e. fine day coming)
• red in morning, shepherd's warning (i.e. rain)
• yellow sunset means wind
• pale yellow sunset means rain
• dew and fog in early morning means fine weather
• low dawn means fine weather
• high dawn means wind (high dawn is when the sun rises over a bank of clouds, high above the horizon)
• soft clouds, fine weather
• hard-edged clouds, wind
• rolled or jagged clouds, strong wind

"When the wind's before the rain,
Soon you may make sail again;
When the rain's before the wind,
Then your sheets and halyards mind."

Author

Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell (Chief Scout, London, UK)

Date of Creation

1908

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