In the 2004 tsunami of Thailand, some of the tribes that inhabited islands for thousands of years were not harmed by direct contact with nature and by observing that the animals began to move inland and the high parts of the islands (elephants, birds and iguanas, the cetaceans moved away from the coasts), they did the same putting themselves safe from the immense waves. They hear and feel things that are imperceptible to us.
If we think about meteorology, the popular wisdom of the time is deeply rooted in rural areas. It is not a 100% reliable tool but it helps a lot, there are people who notice body changes or again in the case of animals if we observe them we can also obtain information of what is to come.
What do some animals and plants do in the face of a storm? :
The insects are most active.
The bees return to the hives.
The Birds (Seagulls squawk long before a storm) and bats fly low.
Frogs croak more.
The flowers open and close (the pineapples are closed)
Cows sit or gather on one side of the field.
Spiders do not weave if it is going to rain (there is not much testing, but weaving with rain does not usually work).
There are some goats in a US town that move to the lower valley when it is going to rain hard, if they stay in the middle of the valley it will rain normal and if they do not come down from the mountain, it is not going to rain. They call it "The prognosis of goats."
What happens if we look at the sky and we begin to see the arrival of different types of clouds in successive days?
You must know 3 types of fundamental clouds: high, medium and low.
Usually the arrival of high and medium clouds ( cirrus and altocumulus ) indicate the arrival of a frontal system, which usually leaves rain. Although it will depend on how powerful the front comes, because there are times that only leaves rain in areas of the northern half and in the rest of communities we only notice an increase of the cloudiness, but it does not rain.
If behind the medium and high clouds arrive low clouds ( strata ) along with a progressive decrease of the temperature indicates to us that rain is coming or even snow.
They are the Maserati of the clouds, those of vertical or convective development that are low clouds, but they are the typical clouds that can end in storm if they grow a lot (up to 20 km in height!). In addition, if they come to discharge strongly are accompanied by strong gusts of wind and generate lightning and thunder. They usually go behind the arrival of high and medium clouds that bring the fronts or are formed under stable conditions but on mountain systems or even in flat areas such as the plateau.
How do you know if vertical clouds will leave a storm?
You go out on a sunny day from home and when it comes out of work or mid-afternoon it rains. These are more typical situations of spring, sometimes in summer according to the zones and in autumn on the central hours of the day they begin to form small cumulites that with the passage of the hours if the atmosphere continues giving them energy they grow growing those great vertical cloud formations that we know as Cumulonimbus and that leave us in most cases strong storms. Learn to observe these clouds, because they will give you a lot of information about what can happen in the next few hours.
If you are able to observe the signs that nature gives us and in particular the Animal and Vegetable Reino, you will know what will happen in the next few hours or days. Learn to notice the changes in pressure, smell the humidity, notice the strong drops of temperature or notice when everything stops and then start to snow or rain. If you can not learn it quickly, a weather glass also can help you know the weather according to the environmental changes.
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