A look at the forecast through the weekend on the First Coast
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It might sound like a meteorological phenomena that we just made up, but it's real! A rare cloud known as a sun dog was spotted over Jacksonville Thursday evening. A sun dog is a rainbow-like. This happens when ice crystals embedded in cirrus clouds high up in the atmosphere scatter the sunlight creating this unique imagery.
Despite cirrus clouds being rather common, sundogs are relatively rare. There are a few reasons for this: Often you need the sun at a low angle and just right compared to the clouds. Plus, the upper-level clouds need to be relatively thin or just forming, keeping them transparent enough to allow the scattering of light through them instead of blocking the sun rays completely out.
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