       east                         other direction.

      Rosy sky at sunset           Fine weather.

      Sickly, greenish-
        sunset                     Wind and rain.

      Dark red or crimson sunset   Rain.

      Bright-yellow sky at sunset  Wind.

      Pale-yellow, or saffron,
        sunset                     Rain.

      Mixed red and yellow sunset  Rain and squally weather.

      Remarkably clear atmosphere
        with distant objects
        standing above the water   Wind, usually from the
        and seemingly in air         northwest, and often rain.

      Heavy dews                   Fine weather.

      Fogs                         Change in weather and little
                                     wind.

      Misty clouds on hills,
        remaining stationary,
        increasing or descending   Rain and wind.

      Misty clouds on hills,
        rising or dispersing       Fairer weather.

      Red morning sky              Bad weather and wind.

      Gray morning sky             Fine weather.

      High dawn (dawn seen above a
        bank of clouds)            Wind.

      Low dawn (daylight breaking
        close to the horizon)      Fair.

      Soft, delicate clouds        Fair and light winds.

      Hard-edged, oily clouds      Wind.

      Dark, gloomy sky             Windy.

      Light, bright sky            Fine weather.

      Small, inky clouds           Rain.

      Light “scud,” or small
        clouds moving across
        heavier clouds             Wind and rain.

      Light, scudding clouds by
        themselves                 Wind and dry weather.

      High, upper clouds scudding
        past moon or stars in a
        different direction from
        the lower cloud-masses     Change of wind.

      After fine weather a change
        is indicated by light
        streaks, wisps, or mottled
        patches of distant clouds
        which increase and join. A
        haze which becomes murky
        and clouds the sky also
        indicates a change to ba