Indictors

Explanation of indicators

Result of Possibility

Metrological

­ Heavy wind movement

­ Color and shape of clouds (Dark clouds)

­ Rain patterns

­ Clouds appearing in the northwest corner of the sky

­ Clouds appearing in the southern corner of the sky

­ Hot temperatures

­ Heavy rain (for a short duration)

­ Weak to bring heavy rains

­ Assuming for the length of rainy days

­ Assuming rain

­ Never bring rain

­ Assuming rain after a few days

Riverine

­ Watercolor change (dark/gray/muddy) upstream to downstream

­ Rate of water level increase

­ Water sound

­ Fish is not visible in the river

­ Assuming flood (heavy rain upstream)

­ Flood happen very shortly

­ River water increase (Flood events)

­ Heavy rain upstream (Flood events)

Phenomenological

­ A noise comes from a habitation

­ Continuously increasing temperature

­ An elderly member of the house feeling pain (certain body part)

­ Kids make a different sound (sound created from lips- “fur-fur-fur”)

­ Flood Event (Nearby in the community)

­ Heavy rain shortly

­ Assuming rain

­ High chance of rain

Ecological

­ Frog producing a loud sound

­ Animal behaviors change (migrating from the river to the land) (e.g., crocodile)

­ Display red ants moving around the house with white eggs in their head

­ Appearing black color-ants and moving straight line

­ Appearing all of a sudden snake in the community

­ Bamboo plant growing next to the river banks

­ Approaching heavy rain (continue for few days)

­ High chance of rain (flood)

­ Symbolize appearing flood soon

­ Weak to bring heavy rains

­ Approaching heavy rain very shortly

­ Monsson season started

Celestial

­ The appearance of the specific constellation in the sky

­ Full moon

­ Appearing of Orion star

­ Rain shortly

­ Assuming rain

­ Assuming rain