Fogbow (aka: white rainbows, cloudbows or ghost of a rainbow) are formed in the same way as rainbows in that light is reflected inside tiny water droplets and emerges to form a large circle or arc of approximately 42°C centred on the antisolar ...
FOGBOW
A whitish semicircular arc seen opposite the sun in fog. The outer margin has a reddish tinge, its inner margin has a bluish tinge, and the middle of the band is white.
Fogbow- a rainbow that has a white band that appears in fog, and is fringed with red on the outside and blue on the inside.
Freezing Level- the altitude in the atmosphere at which the temperature drops to thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit.
They include halos, coronas, rainbows, and fogbows. PHOTOSPHERE The intensely bright portion of the sun visible to the unaided eye; the "surface" of the sun.
Fogbow A faintly-colored circular arc similar to a rainbow but formed on fog layers containing drops whose diameters are 100 microns or less. Also called mistbow, white rainbow. Föhn See foehn.
anticrepuscular rays"An extension of the crepuscular rays across the sky toward the antisolar point. Anticrepuscular rays seen with a rainbow or fogbow will always be radii to the bow.
PHOTOMETER Any of a number of atmospheric phenomena which appear as luminous patterns in the sky. They do not directly cause adverse weather. They include halos, coronas. rainbows, and fogbows.
 See also: Pressure, Wind, Atmosphere, Surface, Temperature
  
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