Strangelight84
Strangelight84 t1_j7c73rp wrote
Reply to comment by benjesty2002 in Red sky at night, sailors delight. by linuxknight
I've heard the same.
Given that red skies are created by light scattering off / through clouds, I've always assumed that the sailor's warning is of an incoming storm and the shepherd's delight is of temperatures rising as cloud cover increases.
Strangelight84 t1_j7fak8l wrote
Reply to comment by benjesty2002 in Red sky at night, sailors delight. by linuxknight
I find the folk knowledge embedded - here, effectively, of weather forecasting - in some of this stuff really interesting.