[For Seniors] Weather Proverb Quiz
Many older adults may find that their mood is influenced by the weather.
When it’s sunny, you feel good, and when it rains, you can feel gloomy.
It seems that changes in atmospheric pressure affect the body.
Even before modern weather forecasting developed, people could predict the weather using human wisdom.
For example, rain has a distinct smell, and the clouds change before a storm arrives.
This time, we’re introducing a weather-related proverb quiz designed for seniors.
By learning weather proverbs, older adults may become more interested in the weather than ever before.
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[For Seniors] Weather Proverbs Quiz (11–20)
What does the expression “seiten no hekireki” mean?
- Night sky conditions
- A sudden major incident
- Movement of clouds
See the answer
A sudden major incident
It refers to lightning that suddenly appears in a clear sky and means a major incident that occurs out of the blue. It’s often used when something completely unexpected happens, right?
What will the weather be like when contrails linger for a long time?
When you look up at the sky, you sometimes see thin white streaks lingering behind airplanes.
These are called contrails—long, narrow white clouds that form after an airplane passes.
Sometimes contrails remain in the upper sky for a long time, and when they do, it’s said that rain may be on the way.
The reason is that when a low-pressure system is approaching from the west, the upper air is moist, making contrails slower to evaporate.
As a low-pressure system approaches, the weather tends to deteriorate.
Conversely, if contrails disappear quickly, it likely means the weather won’t worsen anytime soon.
It’s said that you can tell the weather by the height at which a certain bird flies. Which bird is it?
There’s a weather saying that goes, “When swallows fly low, it will rain.” Swallows catch and eat their food while flying, but when a low-pressure system approaches and humidity rises, the wings of the insects they feed on become heavier, so the insects can’t fly high.
As a result, swallows tend to fly lower rather than higher to catch their prey.
Many people may not have known that the reason swallows fly low isn’t about the swallows themselves, but about the insects they hunt.
What kind of weather does a ‘fox’s wedding’ refer to?
Many people may have heard the phrase “kitsune no yomeiri.” There are various theories about it, but kitsune no yomeiri is a weather term that refers to the phenomenon of rain falling even though the sky is clear.
It’s said that the strangeness of rain falling under a blue, sunny sky led people to liken it to being tricked by a fox, hence the name.
It is also known as “kitsune no yometori” or “kitsune no yometori-ame.”
In conclusion
How was the weather proverb quiz? Because the weather is something we experience every day, it becomes more interesting the more you know about it.
Weather often comes up in conversations among older adults as well, so you can probably put what you learned from the quiz to good use.