While skies cleared locally Monday with plenty of glorious sunshine, it was snowing in the Rockies and lower portions of Montana. Winter hangs on while summer embraces the Northwest.
Today and Wednesday we’ll see highs at 80 degrees or better with no rain in sight. I mentioned Sunday that later in the week we could see clouds and moisture, maybe a thunderstorm or stray shower. We’ll see — still no major wet pattern with one weather system after another but some clouds and cooler next week.
I was relaxing along a lakefront over the weekend watching ducks, geese and other birds swimming or flying by. It reminded me of a few old sayings about birds and weather.
If the goose honks high, fair weather; if the goose honks low, foul weather. Birds flying low, expect rain and a blow. If the lark flies high, expect fair weather. If the rooster crows on going to bed, you may rise with a watery head. If the raven crows, expect rain. When geese cackle, it will rain.
