Stop! Run Outside!

January 12, 2006, 9:43 pm
Posted by Bill Murray in General Thoughts
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Stop whatever you are doing in Central Alabama. Run outside.

It is 9:40 p.m. and a beautiful moon high in the sky is surrounded by the most perfect halo I have ever seen.

A halo is caused by light bending through ice crystals at very high altitudes. They indicate that bad weather is to come. Not necessarily severe weather, although that is possible tomorrow.

Some folklore associated with haloes...

The moon with a circle
brings water in her beak

The bigger the ring
the nearer the wet

It's pretty close tonight.

Go check it out....

-Bill
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Posted by Jason  
on January 12, 2006, 9:53 pm
Yep, very nice halo from my location in Cherokee county. Thanx!

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Posted by John T.  
on January 12, 2006, 10:07 pm
Marvelous, beautifull, the largest ring around the moon I have ever seen. THANKS for telling Bill!

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Posted by  
on January 12, 2006, 10:08 pm
A great looking halo is also visible in my location in southern Morgan County.

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Posted by Jason  
on January 12, 2006, 10:11 pm
one of the chattanooga weathermen just mentioned it also.

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Posted by Keith  
on January 12, 2006, 10:31 pm
I saw one 2 or 3 nights ago. Kids were asking what is was. I just ran out side and its alittle cloudy here to see it tonight.

I'm in NW Al.

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Posted by Josh  
on January 12, 2006, 10:39 pm
If you could not see it I drew a replica of the moon halo:

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0PgAAADgSfzHEKsRamqDYzIF1WQm7pHvVYH
*!FJN70rde0FLcQqg8zUUUCGrudhWxyEiSH7G8vNpJ!uIxKNxwI1gKv3cDxgbO/ha
lo.JPG

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Posted by  
on January 12, 2006, 10:46 pm
No halo here in Madison County. It's just hazy around the moon.

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Posted by Josh  
on January 12, 2006, 11:29 pm
This is a photo of the halo I took by exposing for 4 seconds, so the moon looks a little bigger than actual size.
You can also see clouds around the moon.
At my house in Franklin county Alabama.

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0SAAAAHMUKs2IGPbGg0mFGCbVOJV8eMffqd
DnAOXAC1omM!w7DkI93ThdG!5sLcd22VUQC*dhy0ZvCyGqYK2I7N6NpneBmBz6A0U
6iabTqUKEAAAAynILAg/halo%201-12-06.jpg

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