why do we say red sky at night, shepherds delight, red sky in the morning shepherds warning...??

Question

well it must be a Kent thing, eveyone knows it as shepeherds warning - ??!!

Answer 1

exactly what it says!! Shepherds spend all day outside right? So what would be a delight? Yes that's right no rain. So red sky at night... clear, nice day tomorrow. Red sky in the morning... Uh oh! Its gonna rain, or be generally crap weather.

I don't know how exact this science is, but I have seen a red sky at night, and then the next day had been great weather.

I'm not from Kent and I know this and so does everyone I know. I'm from Southampton. Everyone else must be either American or stupid!

Answer 2

It's often true. Most storms tend to move from west to east, so a "red sky at night" often means that the setting sun is shining on the clouds from a storm moving off to the east. Likewise, a "red sky at morning" is often caused by the rising sun lighting clouds approaching from the west. It's not an absolute law, but it's common enough that the saying remains in use.

Answer 3

It was said, in the south-east at least, 'red sky at night shepherds delight'. The reason, was apparently, a red sky was the result of the setting sun being uninterrupted by approaching clouds a few hundred miles away, therefore, the weather would be fine.

Answer 4

No northern and southern ...... Red sky at night shepherds delight beacuse it will be sunny the next day..... Red sky in morning shepherds warning because it will rain that day.....
And It is absolutely true....I'm sort of a shepherd.... well we have 40 pet sheep.....

Answer 5

We don't, We say "red sky at night, sailors delight, red sky in morning sailors take warning".

We say this because when the the sky is bright red at sunset it means it will be a pleasant day the next day. When it is bright red at sunrise, it means it will storm that day.

Answer 6

actually, I learned it as red sky at night, sailors delight, red sky in the morning, sailors take warning, for the weather was bad for the day when the sky was red in the morning I think, I have no idea if it's right...

Answer 7

I always heard it with sailor instead of shepherd.

Red sky in the morning often indicates a storm is coming, while a red sky at night predicts clear weather.

Answer 8

Its an old farming terminology.if the sky is red at night the odds are quite high for a sunny next day.A red sky in the morning means theirs bad weather on its way! hope this helps?

Answer 9

red sky at night sailors delight, red sky in morning sailors warning!!!
usually if the sky is red at night then it means the next day will be nice and if we have a red sky in the morning then the day will turn out to be rainy and nasty... :)

Answer 10

It is Red sky at night....saliors delight

Red sky in morning......sailors warning

Red sky at night usually means a calm day the next day.....clearer air usually means a nice sunset with dry air

Red sky in morning means moister air is moving in with a low pressure system causing bad weather

Hope this helps