Let’s talk about rain
Modern weather forecasts are very accurate, but there are still many differences when forecasting rain. For example, 24 hours a day, I don’t know whether it rains during the day or at night, whether it rains for a while or the whole next day. Sometimes it rains in the early morning and then the sun comes out during the day. Sometimes it is cloudy during the day and starts to rain at night. By observing celestial phenomena and summarizing various weather abnormalities, our ancients were able to predict most rains very accurately.
Regarding rain, there are many proverbs summarizing it to predict rain. Just search on Baidu and you’ll find a lot. Some of them are not accurate at first glance, but some are very accurate. When I was a child, I often heard adults say something. But the sentence that I remember the most is: "After breakfast after the rain falls, pedestrians should not ask for directions." According to the dialect of Huanggang, Hubei, the road is pronounced with the sound of "leaking", so it rhymes. This means that if it rains during breakfast time, it will rain all day long, so don’t go out and ask for directions. This allows you to predict rain throughout the day based on when it rains in the morning.
Why should I pay attention to this matter? Because everyone likes to go out for fun on weekends and holidays, plans are always set in advance. However, it is often canceled due to weather conditions, which is a disappointment. When I first started working, one day everyone planned to go mountain climbing on a weekend. When I woke up on Saturday morning, I found that it had rained early in the morning. At about 8 o'clock in the morning, everyone contacted each other and said that if it rained today, the event would be cancelled. Based on my experience, I said: "The weather forecast says it will rain. Didn't it already rain in the morning? If we go out to play now, it won't rain again and it will be sunny." After listening to my words, several colleagues and friends also looked at it. The sky was bright, it had just rained, and the air was fresh. In addition, young people are determined to go out to play even if it rains a little. They still have to go out to play if it rains, not to mention that it may not rain. So a few fearless young people decided to continue playing. I am still very uneasy, fearing that this prediction will be inaccurate and I will lose everyone's trust. Fortunately, when we arrived at our destination, it was getting brighter and brighter. The sun came out at noon, and it was still a very mild sun. We played comfortably all day.
Later, I continued to carefully observe many times and confirmed that this proverb is still very accurate. If it rained in the early morning and stopped raining at 7 or 8 o'clock in the morning, then it will be cloudy or sunny during the day and it will not rain again. If it starts raining at 7 or 8 o'clock and doesn't stop at 9 or 10 o'clock, then it will rain all day long, sometimes it will stop in the afternoon, and sometimes it will continue until the evening. This is what pedestrians don’t ask for directions, and I’m telling you don’t even think about going out today.