True or False: You can use pine cones to forecast the weather: The scales will close when rain is on the way..

Answer 1

i think it is true. good luck.

Answer 2

Pine cones. Nature's weather man.

Answer 3

It's true to an extent.

But they react to any changes in humidity, not just to rain.

You can use seaweed in the same way
The following is from http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-magazine-weather.htm

"Two other popular traditional ways of forecasting the weather used pine cones and seaweed. When the air has a high level of humidity there is a higher chance of rain, when the humidity is low, there is more chance of fine weather. Pine cones and seaweed react to changes in humidity - pines cones open, and seaweed feels dry when the humidity is low, while high humidity has the opposite effect. "

There are also rather amusing "weather sticks" (basically balsam fir rods) you can buy that seem to "get excited" in good weather and get "brewers droop" when it seems bad weather is coming .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_stick

I'll stick to the radar images & satellite pictures myself

Answer 4

true and you can tell if it will be a bad winter. by how many pine cones fall on the ground. a lot means bad winter.

Answer 5

I think it's true. I've never heard of this one though!