[Stormy year for the U.S.
So some clouds, and what not, to end-out the Summer]:
Beginnings of Autumn:
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rionnach maoim means “the shadows cast on the moorland by clouds moving across the sky on a bright and windy day”
Gaelic words and phrases
The fall (autumnal) equinox in the Northern Hemisphere is in September, while in the ... Friday, September 22, 2017 at 4:02 pm EDT (Change city) ... In the Northern Hemisphere, the fall equinox marks the first day of fall (autumn)
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Mabon(Gaelic):
Depending on your individual spiritual path, there are many different ways you can celebrate Mabon, the autumn equinox, but typically the focus is on either the second harvest aspect, or the balance between light and dark. This, after all, is the time when there is an equal amount of day and night. While we celebrate the gifts of the earth, we also accept that the soil is dying. We have food to eat, but the crops are brown and going dormant. Warmth is behind us, cold lies ahead.www.thoughtco.com/...
Ammil – a Devon term for the thin film of ice that lacquers all leaves, twigs and grass blades when a freeze follows a partial thaw
Gaelic words and phrases
Alban Elued, "The Light of the Water," the first day of Autumn, was also called Harvesthome. Observed on September 21, the Autumnal Equinox was the day when the sun again began to wane, as the dark half of the year drew near.
As with the Vernal Equinox, day and night were of equal length across the planet. This balance in nature presented a powerful time for magic.
To the ancients, this was a sacred time. The Irish saw this time of year as the Waning of the Goddess. From the Summer to the Winter Solstice, they would hold festivals for the God who was seen as a dark, threatening being. To the Goidelic Celts, the spring was the time of joy in the rebirth of the Goddess. To Brythonic Celts, however, this was the time of the death of the God (the Sun or the Grain God).www.sacredfire.net/...
Astronomical seasons meanwhile start on a different dates each year and totally vary in length, depending on the Earth’s 23.5 degree tilt on its rotational axis as well as its orbit around the Sun.
Spring and autumn equinoxes (equal day and night) and the summer (longest day) and winter (longest night) solstices mark the start of the astronomical seasons each year. The word ‘equinox’ itself actually mean ‘equal’ (equi) and ‘night’ (nox).
The dates of these change each year as they are dependent on the Earth’s position. The Earth is closest to the Sun, known as perihelion, in early January and furthest away, aphelion, in early July.
In 2017 the astronomical autumn will start on September 22 and end on December 21 with the winter solstice.
Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/08/when-does-autumn-start-in-2017-autumn-equinox-will-hail-the-end-of-summer-6835885/#ixzz4sD8LCuHM
roarie bummlers, meaning “fast-moving storm clouds”
Scots terms
Equinox meaning “equal night”.
In Ireland there is an ancient Irish equinox temple at Knowth, near Newgrange (Brú na Boinne). Knowth has a 100-foot long passage that only is light by the Sun on the morning of the Spring and Autumn Equinox.irishcultureandtraditions.net/...
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Mammatus are most often associated with anvil clouds and also severe thunderstorms. They often extend from the base of a cumulonimbus, but may also be found under altocumulus, altostratus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds, as well as volcanic ash clouds. Mammatus cloud - Wikipedia
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How do hurricanes form? :: NASA Space Place
The scientific term for all these storms is tropical cyclone. Only tropical cyclones that form over the Atlantic Ocean or eastern Pacific Ocean are called "hurricanes." ... Tropical cyclones are like giant engines that use warm, moist air as fuel. That is why they form only over warm ocean waters near the equator.
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CLASSIC POETRY: "Light At Equinox" By Léonie Adams
Happy Fall
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