Full text of Zhu Yongxi's "Seeing the Weather from Clouds"

Understand the weather NJ00 169 _ 0082 _ 0① from the clouds.

Spring, summer, autumn and winter, rain, snow, rain, changeable weather. Weather is closely related to human life. The change of weather has its own signs. Now, please look at the sky, at the clouds, at the words of nature, and at the "signboard" of the weather. How to interpret it?

The clouds in the sky are really varied and changeable. Some are like feathers, floating gently in the air; Some are like fish scales, neatly arranged one by one; Some come and go like sheep; Some are like a big quilt, covering the sky tightly; There are mountains like NJ00 169 _ 0082 _ 1②, like rivers, like lions, like galloping horses ... Sometimes they decorate the sky beautifully, and sometimes they cast a shadow over the sky. Just now, it was white clouds and the sun was shining; In a blink of an eye, it was cloudy and raining cats and dogs in NJ00 169 _ 0082 _ 2 (3). Clouds are like "signs" of the weather: what is hanging in the sky?

Experience tells us that thin clouds in the sky are often a symbol of sunny weather; Those low and thick clouds are often signs of rain and snow NJ00 169 _ 0083 _ 0①.

The lightest NJ00 169 _ 0083 _ 1② and the highest standing cloud are called cirrus clouds. This kind of cloud is very thin, through which sunlight can shine on the ground, and the light and shadow of houses and trees are still very clear. Cirrus clouds are constantly floating, sometimes like a white feather, sometimes like a white silk thread. If cirrus clouds are arranged in a row in the air, like fish scale waves caused by a breeze blowing over the water, it becomes cirrus clouds. Cirrus clouds and cirrocumulus are very high, where there is little water, which generally does not bring rain and snow. There is also a kind of white clouds like cotton balls, called cumulus clouds. They are often scattered in the sky about two kilometers, reflecting the bright sunshine, and the clouds are surrounded by golden brilliance. Cumulus clouds appear in the morning, most in the afternoon, and gradually dissipate in the evening. On sunny days, we occasionally see a kind of cumulus. Altocumulus clouds are groups of oblate clouds, which are arranged in a balanced way, with a blue sky in the middle, which looks like snow-white sheep on the grassland from a distance. Cirrus, cirrocumulus, Cumulus and Cumulus are all beautiful.

When the continuous rain and snow came, cirrus clouds were gathering, and a thin layer of clouds gradually appeared in the sky, as if covered with a white silk curtain. This cloud is called cirrostratus. Cirrostratus is advancing slowly, and the weather will turn cloudy. Then, the clouds are getting lower and thicker. Looking at the sun or the moon through the clouds is like a layer of frosted glass NJ00 169 _ 0083 _ 2③, which is hazy. At this point, the scroll tower has been renamed. It should be called high-level cloud.