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moon halo

4gun · 2011-09-14 22:45:24

very large halo around the moon tonight 23:40, even encompassing the bright star or planet at its 8 o' clock position weather wise, any implications?

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14-09-2011 11:45pm

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4gun

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very large halo around the moon tonight 23:40, even encompassing the bright star or planet at its 8 o' clock position

weather wise, any implications?

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#2 14-09-2011 11:49pm
Musicman2000

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Some say its the sign of cold and snow, but a bit early for that I think:)

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#3 15-09-2011 12:06am
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I think I heard before that it was a sign of stormy weather but I could be wrong.

Heres a thread from last year, interestingly just before the Cold Winter
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=69131177

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#4 15-09-2011 2:57pm
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The one i seen 2 nights ago was like the light refracting through the high clouds and spread all the colours like a rainbow. Was quite cool!
COuldnt capture it on my iphone ...

But ye , the usual halos i thought wer from high water vapour crystallising therefore usually only occurring , as mentioned, during cold periods?

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#5 15-09-2011 2:57pm
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The one i seen 2 nights ago was like the light refracting through the high clouds and spread all the colours like a rainbow. Was quite cool!
COuldnt capture it on my iphone ...

But ye , the usual halos i thought wer from high water vapour crystallising therefore usually only occurring , as mentioned, during cold periods?

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#6 15-09-2011 5:17pm
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Ice halos can be seen at all times of the year, it's an indication of particular conditions at altitude, where it's cold (~40C) all of the time. The local season doesn't have much correlation to the levels where the ice clouds form.

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#7 16-09-2011 1:20pm
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I saw the rainbow halo two nights ago aswell, it was very cool!

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