. . . Sailors take warning.
The rest of the traditional weather poem, taught to me by my dad, is “Red sky at night/Sailors’ delight.” But it’s not going to rain in Chicago today; the chance of rain is only 5-10%, and the high temperature predicted to be about 79°F (26°C). It’s considerably cooler than it was a week ago.
The view looking east at sunrise (Lake Michigan is on the right); click photo to enlarge it.
Lovely sunrise, but I have to remember to turn the sound off on my phone as it alerted me to this photo and it’s 3:35 AM in California. Good morning, Jerry hope you have a day full of smiles.
I hope you were just waking up and didn’t have a sleepless night. 4:30 is my usual waking time here in Texas.
No, I slept well (I’ve learned how to have my wine with dinner and still get a good night’s sleep afterwards), thanks.
Awww, yes….
Sometimes I try adjusting iPhone camera settings to try catching all the gorgeous light dynamics on such scenes… even using a video, and select 4K and 60 fps… zoom (which I see here)… usually it just makes me hungry for the next time though…
Wonderful…
“Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning”
https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/meteorology-climatology/item/is-the-old-adage-red-sky-at-night-sailors-delight-red-sky-in-morning-sailors-warning-true-or-is-it-just-an-old-wives-tale/
I have always assumed these maxims to apply to people living on the east side of an ocean, because storms coming in from the west carry a lot of water. But I could be wrong, I have only ever lived in west-coast locations.
When I was a kid in Wiltshire (landlocked) it was ‘shepherds’ not ‘sailors’ involved. No oceans involved.
I envy your view! I also envy your temperature. Here in Atlanta, it’s going to get up to 98 today. At least the humidity will be low.
98F here in southeastern Virginia also today, Brooke. Dew point in low 70’s! But we are past earliest sunrise and solstice for this year, with latest sunset just ahead…so next astronomical event is autumnal equinox.. Fall is on the way!
Afternoon temp data: of about 50-60 weather observation stations across about 80 square miles of our city today, there were a couple of 97 and 98 near the river, but mostly 99-101, especially inland and near concrete and asphault shopping center and interstate “islands”.
I will miss these.
Forced into retirement by arthritis, I have spent the last 22 years repairing the facades along the Chicago lakefront. This had often been a daily spectacle. Always beautiful.
Sorry to hear that, Mitch. Having our bodies say “no” to things we would have been happy to continue is a tough change to swallow. I hope you’ll find a way to get to the lakeside without having to repair anything!
Not so much the photograph Jerry posted, but the comments that followed made me think of “Red Skies at Night” by the Fixx. A variation on the theme, I guess.
In the UK I’ve only ever heard
“Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight.
Red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning”.
According to the UK Met office:
“The concept of “Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight. Red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning” first appears in the Bible in the book of Matthew. It is an old weather saying often used at sunrise and sunset to signify the changing sky and was originally known to help the shepherds prepare for the next day’s weather.”
I had no idea it was biblical. Must stop saying it 😁
I didn’t know that either but a quick check confirms it:
“In the Bible, (Matthew XVI: 2-3,) Jesus said, “When in evening, ye say, it will be fair weather: For the sky is red. And in the morning, it will be foul weather today; for the sky is red and lowering.”
I too learned Jerry’s version, but my wife’s family had a variation: Evening red and morning gray sends a sailor on his way; evening gray and morning red sends a sailor home to bed.