 | Thomas Best - 1804 - 208 pages
...before the sun rises, near the full moon, fair weather. More Prognostics taken from Rain. llth Rule. Sudden rains never last long: but when the air grows...the sun, moon, and stars, shine dimmer and dimmer, it is likely to rain six hours usually. 12th Rule. If it begins to rain from the south, with u high... | |
 | Thomas Best - 1807 - 208 pages
...before the sun rises, mear the full moon, fair weather. MORE PROGNOSTICS TAKEN FROM RAIN. Hth Rule. Sudden rains never last long: but when the air grows thick by degrees, and the sun, moon, and stairs, shine dimmer and dimmer, it is likely to rain six hours usually. 12th Kule. If it begins to... | |
 | Thomas Best - Fishing - 1808 - 204 pages
...before the sun rises, near the full moon, fair weather. MORE PROGNOSTICS TAKEN FROM RAIN. llth Rule. Sudden rains never last long: but when the air grows thick by degrees, and the sun, moon, and stairs, shine dimmer and dimmer, it is likely to rain six hours usually. wind fulls, but the rain continues,... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1812 - 184 pages
...PROGNOSTICS OP THE WEATHER, TAKEN FROM RAIN. XIV. Sudden Rains never last long: But when the Air grazes thick by Degrees, and the Sun, Moon and Stars shine...dimmer, then it is like to rain six Hours usually. Remarks. A sudden rarefaction of the lower air, or perhaps more frequently a cold cloud descending... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Meteorology - 1813 - 264 pages
...Dampier's " History of and Storms at Sea." SECTION IV. PROGNOSTICS OF THE WEATHER, TAKEN FROM RAIN,' XIV. Sudden Rains never last long: But when the Air grows....dimmer) then it is like to rain six Hours usually. Remarks. . « A sadden rarefaction of the lower air, or perhaps more frequently a cold cloud descending... | |
 | Thomas Best - Fishing - 1814 - 290 pages
...before the sun rises, near the full moon, fair weather. MORE PROGNOSTICS TAKEN FKOM KAIN. I \ th Rule. Sudden rains never last long : but when the air grows...the sun, moon, and stars, shine dimmer and dimmer, it is likely to rain six hours usually. 12th Rule. If it begins to rain from the sooth, with a high... | |
 | Thomas Best - Fishing - 1814 - 286 pages
...MORE PROGNOSTICS TAKElf FROM RAIfT. 1 1th Rule. Sudden rains never last long: but when the air paws thick by degrees, and the sun, moon, and stars, shine dimmer and dimmer, it is likely to rain six hours usually. 12th Rule. If it begins to rain from the south, with a high... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1816 - 182 pages
...History of Wind* and Storms at Sea." SECTION IV. PROGNOSTICS OF THE WEATHER, TAKEN FROM RAIX, XIV. Sudden Rains never last long : But when the Air grows...dimmer, then it is like to rain six Hours usually. Remarks. ! A sudden rarefaction of the lower air, or perhaps more frequently a cold cloud descending... | |
 | 1820 - 496 pages
...the same rule holds of a clear place, when all the sky is equally thick, except one clear edge. XXI. Sudden rains never last long; but when the air grows...Moon, and Stars shine dimmer and dimmer, then it is likely to rain six hours usuallyXXII. If it begin to rain from the south, with a high wind for two... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1822 - 440 pages
...suddenly. XIX. If two such clouds arise, one on either hand, it is time to make haste to shelter. XXI. Sudden rains never last long: but when the air grows...Moon, and Stars shine dimmer and dimmer, then it is likely to rain six hours usually. XX. If you see a cloud rise against the wind or side wind, when that... | |
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If it begin to rain from the South, with a high wind for two or three hours, and the wind falls, but the rain continues, it is likely to rain twelve hours or more, and does usually rain till a strong North wind clears the air. These long rains... 
