TO FORECAST WEATHER.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4487, 3 November 1922, Page 3

TO FORECAST WEATHER.

A SIMPLE METHOD. In different localities the weather varies so much that the official weather foercasts are only of general application. Here is a simple and reliable way of telling if rain is coming during the day (says the "Pall Mall Gazette”). As early as' possible in the morning go out and search the •sky for, tlb'e smallest cloud that is. in sight. Keep this under close observation for live minutes or so, and note whether it alters in size. If the cloud gets smaller one can be almost certain of a fine day. Ou the ether hand, if it increases in size rain will surely come in a few hours. Where the cloud remains the same size no special change in the prevailing weather is likely to take place. If the cloud increases very rapidly thunder is almost a certainty in the summer. Alteration in the size of clouds is connected with the state of the atmosphere. When the air is very dry and rain is unlikely the clouds soon vanish ; if the atmosphere is charged with moisture, the masses of vapour increase, and this will soon be discharged in the form of rain.