Weather-signs watcher predicts snow in three weeks

Vilis Bukšs, a Latvian observer of folk weather signs, posted his assessment of the coming first snow of the winter on the social network X on 19 October. In his view, snow could arrive in three weeks. This is a judgement based on traditional observation, not an official weather forecast.

What he observed

Bukšs writes that on 18 October bean geese flew in large numbers at high altitude from the northeast. He also notes the first flocks of swans setting off, as well as waxwings, which he calls by their local names and describes as whistling plaintively.

Link to a poet's words

He ties his conclusion to lines by the poet Imants Ziedonis: "When the swans fly away, on the third day it will snow." Bukšs reworks the words and concludes that snow will come in three weeks. Counting from the dates he gives, that would point to early November, but he names no exact date.

The post cites no meteorological data or forecasts that would confirm or contradict the claim. It should therefore be read as one weather-signs watcher's personal view.