Mares’ tails and mackerel scales, make tall ships trim their sails
Sunday, November 29th, 2009Or, as a variation, Make lofty ships carry low sails. In the absence of instruments, clouds are the most useful aid to weather forecasting as they are visible clues as to what is going on aloft. Mares' tails are hooked-shaped cirrus clouds and mackerel scales are cirrocumulus which appear as bands ...