According to Mexican folk wisdom, this week’s rash of soggy weather hold clues for predicting climatic conditions that will prevail over the coming months of 2013.
In the common vernacular, a stretch of rainy days that occur during winter may be labeled as cabañuelas, translated loosely as little huts – appropriate places to take refuge when the skies open. In a broader sense, the term refers to an ancient method of forecasting weather conditions that has been handed down through generations of country folk throughout Latin America. It’s an empirical system of tracking clouds, winds, precipitation and other signs that appear day by day during January to comprise something like an oral farmer’s almanac for the remainder of the year.
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