Very cool sky tonight

[Miss Critter]

I was just out walking the dogs and noticed the huge ring around the moon, like the eye of a storm. Very cool. Anyone know what it means, weather-wise?

 

[Beauty hunter]

Rings Around The Moon

 

[Kurt]

I was just out walking the dogs and noticed the huge ring around the moon, like the eye of a storm. Very cool. Anyone know what it means, weather-wise?

Thanks for the heads up - it is very cool. I've never seen an ice ring that big or bright.

 

[Jdarg]

Thanks for the heads up - it is very cool. I've never seen an ice ring that big or bright.

Me neither! Mom thought it was her cataracts until we told her we could all see it!

 

[Miss Critter]

Thanks Beauty hunter. I guess the whole ice thing is the reason it's foreign to me. Sure is pretty.

 

[Beauty hunter]

I'm intrigued by nature also- full of surprises
Sweet looking pup-pup in your avatar
Happy Holidays

 

[Carol G]

I saw it too, it was breathtaking!

 

[NotDeadYet]

There was also a beautiful partial ring around the sun not long before sunset, and the high thin cirrus clouds that I have heard called "mare's tails" were really pretty too.
Interesting that the weather folklore says rings often precede a warm front and a storm by one or two days. That is the forecast for today and tomorrow - warmer, then rain.

 

[BeachSteelers]

Halo around the moon means bad weather on the way.

 

[Beauty hunter]

Cool thread you started Ms. luv puppies,
In the article about moon rings under weather folklore, it mentions the forecast for bad weather is indicated by the # of stars in the ring. When I looked at the moon ring I didn't see any stars and the rain came within 24 hrs. Any other observations?