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| Photo by Michelle L. Perez via the Weather Channel |
Those of you who know me know I'm an avid follower of the Weather Channel, so nothing thrills me more than finding a weather event that includes COLOR! It was pretty exciting to open Facebook this morning and find this photo of a FIRE RAINBOW posted by the Weather Channel. Here's the post:
This phenomenon was what's commonly referred to as a "fire rainbow" was seen above the skies of South Florida on Tuesday by many viewers. Pileus clouds are caused by a fast-growing thunderstorm that shoves air into the upper atmosphere through a layer of moisture, creating a layer of ice crystals. These ice crystals form the fog-like cloud that looks like a dome on top of the thunderstorm. The sun helps form an optical phenomenon through the ice crystals of the pileus clouds and produces a rainbow effect. The technical term for this incredible array of colors is a circumhorizontal arc. Thank you to @WPTV5 in West Palm Beach and Meteorologist Kait Parker.
Have a colorful day
5 comments:
I have not seen this before. But I have seen something very strange while living in Minnesota. It is called Sun Dogs. They appear near lighted areas and look like rainbows.
How amazing! And beautiful.
I don't have much context for this except that it was taken in Ocean City, NJ, and that it's called a rainbow feather cloud: http://i.imgur.com/aCeYC.jpg. Thought you might like it, too.
Whoa! Incredible is the perfect description.
WOW--stunning, right?!! Good to be back, Sherrie!
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