*** CABAÑUELAS AND EMPIRICAL METEOROLOGY ***
Long and short term weather forecast in the rural world
Language:
Spanish
A complete exhibition of
all methods used for short and long term weather forecast in the
rural world, with special attention to the systems practiced in Hispano-American
territories. Cabañuelas, animal and vegetable behavior, types of clouds, winds,
observation of stars, the Sun, the Moon and Venus. 132 pages in DIN A4 size with numerous illustrations and
black and white colour photographs.
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INDEX
Introduction ...................................................................................3
Chapter I
Cabañuelas and
Meteorognomy
Introduction. Meteorognomy: a
forgotten science. What cabañuelas
are? Origin of the term.
The key-days, the keys of the year.
Cycle of roundtrip. Origin
and foundation of the technique. The
“témporas” of Cantabria and the mountains basquenavarres.
Cabañuelas in Canary Islands.
Validity of cabañuelas seen by the modern Physics.
Fractals and similarity of cycles. Atmospheric
fractals. Notes.
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Chapter II
Watching
signs and phenomena
Introduction. Mists. Fog.
Dew. The observation of dew
and mists in period of cabañuelas. Type
of dew in the drought preludes. Proverbs
of dew and fogs. Proverbs about fog. Proverbs about drizzles (cabañuelas).
Phenomena of convection. Stormy activity. Clouds grazing Environmental humidity.
The calendar of the onion and the salt.
The test of wool put to the night dampness (bereber tradition).
Observing stones of the ground. Atmospheric
activity: types of clouds. Notes
……..................................................................................................45
Chapter III
The prevailing wind regime
in critical periods. The precursory
winds
Introduction: the precursory winds. a)
Winds of the North. b) Winds
of the South c) Winds of the East. d)
Winds of the West. e)
Winds of thermal origin. The
wind regime and the oral tradition. Notes ……………............59
Chapter IV
Moon, Venus and the
Pleiades in the ancient world and the rural cultures
The critical days of the
Sun-Moon cycle. The most important
moons of the year in Meteorognomy. Religious
and meteorognomical beliefs and ancient observations on the Moon and Venus. The
Pleiades. Crosses in the sky.
Notes …………...........................................................................................65
Chapter V
The empirical prognosis of
the weather in the oral tradition
Introduction. Short term rain prediction or worsening of the time.
1) Atmosphere. 2)
Animal behavior. 3) Electrical phenomena of storms. 4) Observations in the flora.
5) Other observations.
6) Types of clouds and place
of appearance. 7) Presence of alto-cumuli.
8) Other clouds.
Rain prediction in the long term. Fotometeors
of the Sun and the Moon: halos,
parhelios, walls... The observation
of risings and settings of the
Sun. The colours of the Moon in weather forecast. The observation
of stars in Meteorognomy. Wind
prognoses. Signals of fine weather.
Hailstorm prediction. Prognoses
of cold in the short term. Prognoses
for the winter. Prognoses for the
spring. Prognoses for the summer.
Prognoses for the autumn. Beginnings
and end of month. Rainbow.
Phenomena with local names. Bad
perspective for the countryside. The wind
regime. a)
Winds of the East. b) Winds
of the South c) Winds of the North. d)
Winds of the West. e)
Winds of sea, land breezes. e)
Duration of winds. Notes.
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Chapter VI
Meteorognomical and
anthropological final hotchpoch
Historical perspective.
The "knocked down" Moon. Ancient
concept of temperature. The
importance of fog in Meteorognomy. Bells and lawyers against the hail of storms.
A singular belief: the ray stone Rogations and rites of immersion. Notes .....................................................................................111
Bibliography ……........................................................................................................127
Index .........................................................................................................131
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of the work is:
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