The Weather...

Will it be a warm day? Will it rain? Inhale and smell the air. You can sometimes tell what your day will hold just by a few of these indicators.

Plants release their waste in a low pressure atmosphere, generating a smell like compost and indicating an upcoming rain. Swamps will release gasses just before a storm because of the lower pressure, which leads to unpleasant smells, so if you detect unpleasant odors, change is in the air. A proverb says "Flowers smell best just before a rain." Scents are stronger in the moist air that is associated with rainy weather and some flowers fold up their petals to protect their pollen from the rain.

Dew is an indication of fine weather and so is fog. Neither of these two formations occur under an overcast sky, or when there is much wind. One sees fog occasionally rolled away by wind, but seldom or never formed while it is blowing.

Clouds going in different directions means bad weather is coming, probably hail and cumulonimbus clouds early in the day and developing throughout the day mean greater chances of severe weather.

A very old wives tale says if birds feed in a storm it will rain for a long time, if they don't it will clear soon.

What is your weather today? Ours? Sunny and hot!