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A "Waterie Sun ", the sun shines very bright and appears to be shining through water, this is probably due to the moisture content of the upper air. This sign and forecast is for rain and is fairly accurate. 6. Half-tidy owd burrah round owd moon, oi rechon we sharnt git nun thow. The " Burrow around Moon ", the halo caused by a thin sheet of whitish cloud 'Cirro-stratus' and the moon's reflections. This sign and forecast is widely known by the following lines :— Near burrow far rain. Far burrow near rain. The accuracy of this readers will be better able to judge from their own observations. The following is taken from " On the Agriculture of Suffolk " by W. and H. Raynbird. Longman and Co., London, 1849. "Noah's Ark Clouds in an arkite form, or like a large boat turned bottom upwards appearing when the sky is for most part clear, and sometimes spread extensively on the heavens. It is believed among us that such a cloud immediately preceded and prefigured the deluge, and we still confidently expect rain on its appearance." Names of cloud formations are taken from. " Climate and the British Scene ", by Gordon Manly. New Naturalist Series. Collins, London, 1952. HENRY J. BOREHAM, February, 1955.
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REPORT
JULY, 1954—MARCH, 1955 JULY, 1954.—Extremely unsettled and wet weather obtained practically throughout the month. There were onlyfivedays on which rain did not fall. The number of days with measurable rain was 19. Perhaps the most outstanding features were the mean temperature and the sunshine total. The former was 58.9° (av. 61.3°) the lowest since 1922 and the latter was 123.5 hours (av. 198) the lowest since 1919. An interesting point was, that at the observing hour, on every day the wind was from a direction between S. and N.W. The rainfall total was 2.75 ins. (av. 2.35).