Meteorologists are not the only ones who look for unusual signs TV weather reporter Ross Lindy recalls, My mother used to say that it was going to rain every time the cows lay down in the fields, and she was always right Many older people have their own methods of predicting the weather, but nowadays things are more scientific in fact it is surprising how even a child can make day-to-day predictions with just a child can make day-to-day predictions with just a little bit of information so how is the weather actually forecast?