BlackLiger wrote:
EM spectrum effects Caused by the Sun. AKA the Arora Borealis however that is spelt. Google it. Its a documented fact. The fact it for-ran a storm is unusual, however.
I read up on the auroras and see that nitrogen glows pink when excited. However, one small problem. This was in the middle of the afternoon, not a cloud in the sky to be had, with the sun blazing overhead. And I observed this coming from the west, not the north.
If you could point me to a link that shows this in the afternoon, I'd appreciate it.
my opinion on the event (by no means scientific):
1. A cold front was moving through providing lift to initiate the thunderstorms
2. The atmosphere that afternoon probably had an incredible CAPE due to the high humidity and LI due to the intense heating going on. I would guess the CAPE was probably above 6000 J/kg and the LI was lower than -10.
3. A powerful capping inversion held the atmosphere in check until the front moved through breaking it.
I theroize that the intense convection being held back the capping inversion going on that afternoon might have caused the air to refract light in such a way due to differences in density that red light was being introduced along the horizion causing the purple/pink glow. The whole sky wasn't purple/pink, only about the lower 30 degrees of the atmosphere above the horizion.
never heard of it occuring in the afternoon. Time to get my books on the supernatural/unexplained out....
01 May 2005, 10:49 pm
