Why does the sky turn red some mornings/evenings?
Taken directly from USATODAY website: Before the advent of modern meteorology, explorers and settlers of North America developed rules of thumb for the weather based on common observations. One of the most famous – and sometimes true – is: Red sky by morning, sailor take warning. Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. The rhyme works in most of the United States where storms generally move from west to east. The “red”, which refers to the sky overhead, is caused by the sunlight reflecting off clouds. For a red sky in the morning, the eastern horizon has to be clear while clouds are moving in from the west. Since most storms come from the west, a storm is probably heading your direction. For a red sky at night, clouds have to have moved away from the western horizon – heading east. With the storm moving east, clear skies are coming your way. There is an important covet to the Red sky in the morning proverb. The poem generally only applies when a storm is on the way. Red skies can be caused
