Show & Tell {Red Sky at Morning}

Welcome to Friday Show & Tell with CanadaGirl - click on over to her place to participate and to see what others are showing today.

 

My week has been busy, and I haven't got any new pictures.  However, I did get a picture of the sunrise this morning.  I was so disappointed that I couldn't get a picture of the sunset last night, because it was gorgeous.  But I was driving, so probably not a good idea to try and work the camera at the same time.  Here's what I saw this morning:

Very RED for a sunRISE, I thought.  And then I remembered that in a couple of the books I'm using for our weather unit, weather myths and proverbs are discussed.  For instance,

Red sky in the morning - sailor takes warning.  Red sky at night - sailor's delight.

Here's what Our Weather and Water has to say about this saying:

This saying is very old and is even mentioned in the Bible.  Matthew 16:2-3 says, "He answered and said to them, 'When it is evening you say, "It will be fiar weather, for the sky is red"' and in the morning, "It will be foul weather today, for the sky is read and threatening."  Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.'"  Like many old sayings that have lasted, this saying is based on real science.  Red skies occur when sunlight reflects off of dust particles in dry air indicating a high-pressure system.  Because air circles the earth from west to east, the red sky in the morning means a high-pressure systems has just passed through and winds from a low pressure system are likely to bring rain.  On the other hand, red sky at night indicates a high-pressure system is just moving in and is likely to bring fair weather.

So I went to weather.com and checked - there's no rain in the forecast specifically, but there's a cold front headed this way and the forecast is for clouds today and tonight before some sun peeks out tomorrow.  I think meteorology is my favorite area of science.