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| There's a noise in the oak grove - |
The weather will be good. |
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| Wind blows at night - |
It will rain tomorrow. |
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| After a long and strong storm - |
A lot of rain (or snow, if it's winter). |
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| Wind blows after a long lull - |
Rain is coming (or snow, if it's winter). |
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Wind blew in the same direction for a long time,
and then started to blow in another direction -
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Rain is coming. |
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| Clouds are low - |
The weather will worsen. |
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The sun went down in a cloud
after a sunny day -
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Expect bad weather. |
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| There are just a few stars in the sky - |
The weather will be bad. |
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| The moon is pale - |
It will rain soon. |
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| The sun is pale at sunset - |
There will be rain tomorrow. |
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The smokes from chimneys go
down to the ground -
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The weather will be bad. |
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| Salt becomes damp- |
Expect rain. |
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| The moon has a halo around it - |
It will rain soon. |
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| The sun is in a halo - |
Rain is coming. |
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| Ants are hiding into an ant-hill - |
Bad weather is approaching. |
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| A spider is lazy and motionless - |
It will rain soon. |
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| Swallows are flying low - |
It will rain soon. |
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| Rooks are flying high in the sky - |
It will rain soon. |
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After good weather
the sky is wavy with small clouds -
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It will rain soon. |
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| Sunset is clear during frosty weather - |
The frost will get stronger. |
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There's a pillar of light
coming from the sun at sunset -
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The weather will be frosty. |
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The sun has "ears"
and the stars are bright at night -
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Heavy frost is coming. |
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| Sparrows are chirping - |
A thaw is coming. |
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| A dog lies down on the snow - |
A thaw is coming. |
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| Swallows are flying high - |
The weather will be good. |
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Smokes from chimneys go straight up
( in the winter) -
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The weather will be good. |
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| Hoar-frost at night - |
A sunny day tomorrow. |
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| Swarms of flying fire-flies - |
The weather will be good. |
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| North wind - |
It'll be very cold (in the winter);
A bright and cool day (in the summer).
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| East wind - |
It'll rain for a long time. |
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| South or west wind - |
The weather will be nasty (in the
summer); warm (in the winter).
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| Southwest wind - |
The weather will stay nasty
for a long time.
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| Pile clouds are coming from the north - |
Rain is coming. |
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| Pile clouds are coming from the west - |
The weather will soon get nasty. |
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Clear weather on Stylite the Farewell-to-Summer
Day (September 14) -
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Indian summer will be warm,
the fall will be windy.
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Nasty weather on Stylite the Farewell-to-Summer
Day (September 14) -
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The weather will be dry. |
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North wind on Eustathius the Windblower Day
(October 3) -
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It'll be cold soon. |
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East or west wind on Eustathius the Windblower Day
(October 3) -
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It'll rain soon. |
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South wind on Eustathius the Windblower Day
(October 3) -
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It'll be warm soon. |
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Fog on Eustathius the Windblower Day
(October 3) -
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Summer will be late,
fall will be warm.
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The first snowfall is on Sergiy Radonezhskiy's
Day (October 8) -
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Winter will come on Archangel Michael's Day
(November 21).
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It's raining on Kazan' icon of Theotokos
Day (November 4) -
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Winter will come soon. |
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The roads are muddy on Martyr James' Day
(November 14) -
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Don't expect frosty weather
until December.
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Hoar-frost on Archangel Michael's Day
(November 21) -
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Expect heavy snowfalls. |
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| Fog on Archangel Michael's Day (November 21) - |
Expect warm weather. |
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Trees are covered with hoar-frost on Antoni's
Day (November 22) -
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Expect frosts. |
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| Fog on Antonius' Day (November 22) - |
Expect warm weather. |
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Rain or snow on Ven Nilus the Faster Day
(November 25) -
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Expect a thaw before the Day of Entry of Mary
the God-bearer in Temple (December 4).
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The snow is on the ground on Gurias' Day
(November 28) -
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The snow will stay until
the spring flood.
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The first snow lay on dry ground
before the last leaves fell from the trees -
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The snow will melt soon. |
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| The edges of melting snow around a tree are steep |
Spring will be cold. |
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The edges of melting snow around a tree
are gently sloping -
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Summer will be warm. |
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| It's warm in mid March - |
Summer will be warm. |
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| Nasty weather throughout fall - |
Spring will be rainy. |
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| It's warm and dry in September - |
Winter will come late. |
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| It's cold in September - |
The snow will melt off in March. |
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| The first snowfall comes early in the fall - |
Spring will come early. |
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North or east wind on Protection Theotokos Day
(October 14) -
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Expect cold winter. |
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South wind on Protection Theotokos Day
(October 14)-
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Expect warm winter. |
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West wind on Protection Theotokos Day
(October 14)-
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Expect snowy winter. |
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Wind changes direction on Protection Theotokos
Day (October 14)-
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There will be different kinds
of weather in the winter.
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Birch and oak have no leaves by Protection
Theotokos Day (October 14)-
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Winter will be warm. |
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Birch and oak still have leaves on Protection
Theotokos Day (October 14)-
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Winter will be cold. |
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The first snowfall on Sergius the Winter Starter
Day (October 20) -
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Winter will come on Archangel Michael's
Day (November 21).
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It's warm on Martyr Demetrius of Salona Day
(November 8) -
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Winter will be damp. |
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It's snowing on St. Paul the Confessor Day
(November 19) -
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WInter will be snowy. |
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It's cloudy or snowing on Philemon's Day
(December 27) -
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The weather in May will be nasty . |
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| It's hot in July - |
It'll be cold in December. |
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| Little snow in the winter - |
Summer will have little rain. |
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| Heavy snowfalls in the beginning of winter - |
Heavy rains in the beginning
of next summer.
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| Snowy winter - |
Long spring, rainy summer. |
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| Warm winter - |
Cold summer. |
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| Dry and cold winter - |
Dry and hot summer. |
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| It's cold in February - |
Summer will be pleasant. |
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