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reply posted on 18-3-2008 @ 04:58 PM by hsur2112
reply to post by tnangela



It is always best to give as many details as you can about what you are seeing so that no one is playing a guessing game.

Are you referring to the 'halo' around the sun?

Halos form when the sunlight or moonlight is refracted or bent by ice crystals associated with thin-high level clouds, like cirrus or cirrostratus.

Often, a halo around the moon or sun is an indicator of cloudy or rainy weather as high level cirrus and cirrostratus clouds that cause halos tend to drift ahead of frontal systems (especially warm fronts) that produce rainfall.


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