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    day.
    Very black looking clouds.
    (e) SIGNS FROM OBSERVING THE RAINBOW:-
    1. Rain:-
    A rainbow in the morning.
    2. Fine weather:-
    A rainbow in the night.
    "A rainbow in the morning,
    A sailor's warning;
    A rainbow in the night,
    A sailor's delight."
    (f) SIGNS FROM OBSERVING BIRDS:-
    1. Rain:-
    Seagulls calling sharply.
    Blackbirds when their note is shrill.
    Ducks quacking loudly.
    Crows flying around houses or trees.
    Swallows flying low.
    2. Frost and Snow:-
    Flocks of plovers and starlings.
    (g) SIGNS FROM OBSERVING THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND:-
    1. Rain:-
    Westerly wind,
    South-westerly wind.
    North-westerly wind,
    Southerly wind.
    South-easterly wind,
    Easterly wind:
    2. Snow:-
    Northerly wind.
    3. Frost:-
    North-easterly wind.
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