tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post3060146893745235169..comments2024-02-23T03:26:11.779+00:00Comments on Growing Things and Making Things: Seasonal weather forecastingRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post-12509913646198785042012-07-18T06:50:10.892+01:002012-07-18T06:50:10.892+01:00I've just read a blog from Staffordshire, and ...I've just read a blog from Staffordshire, and she says how glad she is to finally see a mackerel sky. I think up until now the sky has been too full of rain cloud, so even changeable is an improvement!Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388175819512214533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post-80934628043220699182012-07-17T12:13:06.074+01:002012-07-17T12:13:06.074+01:00That's interesting. So the trees were right fo...That's interesting. So the trees were right for your area...Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post-58985841851643582832012-07-17T12:07:20.303+01:002012-07-17T12:07:20.303+01:00Thanks, I didn't know that one. I'm not su...Thanks, I didn't know that one. I'm not sure I've seen any mackerel skies here this year (though maybe I'd have noticed if I'd known the rhyme).Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post-27084483850078434692012-07-16T22:31:27.706+01:002012-07-16T22:31:27.706+01:00In my part of the world the ash was first and in f...In my part of the world the ash was first and in fact the oaks were notably late. Interesting how much it varies over a relatively short distance.Libbyhttp://www.thesproutlingwrites.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post-52489927564714867652012-07-16T20:26:40.475+01:002012-07-16T20:26:40.475+01:00I always check the ash and oak too, and the oak wa...I always check the ash and oak too, and the oak was out first this year in Oxfordshire. So much for that rhyme too.<br /><br />The only one that seems to work is <br />'Mackerel sky, mackerel sky,<br />Not long wet, not long dry.'<br />Pretty accurate this year!Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388175819512214533noreply@blogger.com