weather quarter

placed above the white or blue flag it means that the weather will be warmer, and when below, that it will be colder. When it is omitted altogether, the significance is that the temperature will be stationary. Sometimes three flags are used in combination. For example, when the triangular flag is at the top of the pole, with the white square immediately below it, and the blue square below the white, the signal reads "warmer, fair weather, followed by rain or snow." No. 4 is the "cold wave" signal. It is a white square with a black square in the center of the white. It shows up very clearly, and can never be mistaken for any thing else. No. 5 indicates "local rains or show ers." It is a square flag, of which the upper half is white and the lower blue. [STORM SIGNAL.] *weather-spy,s. An astrologer; one who foretells the weather: a weather prophet. "A gulling weather -spy."- Donne : Satire i. weather-stain, s. A stain or mark caused by exposure to the weather.