How to Predict Snow

Nowadays all you need to do in order to anticipate the weather is to turn on the TV and watch your local weatherman. He or she uses the most sophisticated technology in order to show you the weather patterns coming your way. Often, you can predict snow yourself.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

1. Predict snow by watching for the signs that your grandparents and great-grandparents used to watch. They would study the skyline and watch what the animals were doing. If there's a chill in the air and the clouds look like rain, yet seem to be hanging lower in the sky than usual, it could mean snow is on the way. A grey sky in the evening along with the low clouds can mean snowfall that night or the next day.
2. Pay attention to the birds and other animals. Birds usually gather on power lines and tree branches, huddling close together. You'll also notice the birds flying lower in the air than usual. Nature seems to get very still right before a snowfall. Predict snow when you notice the squirrels, chipmunks and other animals that are usually scurrying about seem to have nested down.
3. Watch to see if you notice a halo around the moon or the sun. Sometimes this is a way to predict snow. Cirrus clouds containing ice crystals form in a layer. The light prisms can cause a white or even a colored halo around the moon or sun. This halo can often be seen shortly before a snowfall.
4. Feel the change in the wind direction as a way to predict snow when the temperature is low enough for snow and you see the low clouds. Wind can often predict weather changes. Winds that blow out of the south or the east usually mean that the weather is deteriorating.