Current Conditions on Your Street - For telling the weather on your street, it's hard to beat a system developed by our ancestors and taught to me by my father nearly 50 years ago. It's not only economical, but it's accuracy cannot be disputed. First, tie a string around a rock that weighs approximately one pound. Next, tie the other end of the string to a tree branch in a manner that positions the rock and string to allow the string to hang perpendicular to the branch, unencumbered by other branches or obstructions. When you want to know what the weather is on your street, simply look out your window at the rock. If the rock is wet, it's raining. If the rock is white, it's snowing. If the rock is easy to see, it's sunny. If it's hard to see, it's cloudy. If the string is not perpendicular to the tree branch, it's windy. A missing rock indicates tornado conditions. During my five decades of weather watching, this is the only method that has proven to be 100% accurate, 100% of the time.