Orangeish Sky

#1 Postby **charleston_hugo_veteran** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:01 pm

Everything outside is orange, again! Everytime a hurricane is near this happens. Does anyone know why?

Eyes2theSkies · #2 Postby **Eyes2theSkies** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:03 pm

i am in orange county florida, i will trade you i'll take your orange sky you can have my beautiful shades of black and gray.... :-)

#3 Postby **PurdueWx80** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:04 pm

Kinda goes against the whole "red sky at night, sailor's delight" thing, eh? I would assume it has something to do w/ the extreme amounts of tropical moisture in the atmosphere.

otowntiger · #4 Postby **otowntiger** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:23 pm

Eyes2theSkies wrote:i am in orange county florida, i will trade you i'll take your orange sky you can have my beautiful shades of black and gray....

yeah, and don't forget wind gusts to 41 and rain, yuck!

#5 Postby **MGC** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:23 pm

I observed the same orange sky at sunset during Ivan. I took pictures......MGC

gpickett00 · #6 Postby **gpickett00** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:26 pm

hugo veteran: i live in melbourne florida, slightly north of the projected landfall, and when it cleared between rainbands for 20 minutes the sky here was orange. that is really weird that it is similar 500 miles away from me

#7 Postby **tronbunny** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:28 pm

Hey the sky was just an orange, yellow/green here in Osceola.
Startled my 10yo.
(no tornado warning just yet)

#8 Postby **charleston_hugo_veteran** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:29 pm

gpickett00 wrote:hugo veteran: i live in melbourne florida, slightly north of the projected landfall, and when it cleared between rainbands for 20 minutes the sky here was orange. that is really weird that it is similar 500 miles away from me

stay safe!! :wink:

inotherwords · #9 Postby **inotherwords** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:29 pm

I took some really beautiful orange sky sunset pics a few years ago when Irene went by. The sky was orange and purple. It was pretty magnificent.

Jabba · #10 Postby **Jabba** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:35 pm

Cool. Here in Tampa, the sky is violetish.

stormie · #11 Postby **stormie** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:37 pm

Yeah, my deck, which is like a reddish-clay color, was glowing orange. Very cool. Wish I would've thought to take a picture!

inotherwords · #12 Postby **inotherwords** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:40 pm

Don't worry, stormie, at this rate you'll probably have another chance in a week or two! 8-)

Chilly_Water · #13 Postby **Chilly_Water** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:41 pm

I wonder if this is a similar situation that many were experiencing after Ivan. Thread:
http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic ... ht=#682279
I had my own ideas of what it was, but these sightings seem to dismiss my theory.

banshee · #14 Postby **banshee** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:42 pm

Molecules in the atmosphere are scattering the suns color rays....with more moisture in the air the blue wavelength is scattered out giving the red/orange glow.

Stormsfury · #15 Postby **Stormsfury** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:45 pm

This is due to the subsidence on the outside of the hurricane (from the upper high, and the hazy appearance to the skies ... if you remember, this also occurred during Tropical Storm Gaston's approach to the Coast ... and I've snapped shots during that time ...

Double rainbow along the leading edge of Gaston that Saturday evening ...

SF

MiaMom · #16 Postby **MiaMom** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:45 pm

Interesting. I can see the eastern sky over the southern part of Biscayne Bay in Miami. While Jeanne was out there hanging around and not moving, the morning sky was repeatedly reddish-orange.

FloridaGirl · #17 Postby **FloridaGirl** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:57 pm

I have noticed here in northwest Fl the sky is weird. It is starting to turn dark with pink tints in between the dark skies. Would not be suprised that the storm comes more toward the west.

ACM · #18 Postby **ACM** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:58 pm

Just outside talking to a neighbor in St Pete & we both commented on the deep pinkish colour to the sky.

Sanibel · #19 Postby **Sanibel** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:09 pm

We had a rose-colored tint to a grey sky under dry bands. The moon is hazing through some of the gaps. A rainbow appeared just before...

Foladar · #20 Postby **Foladar** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:10 pm

It's..black outside here :|

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