METAR rmk 'Parahelia'

[plhought]

SPECI CYYC 081632Z 00000KT 3/4SM R17R/P6000FT/N R29/4000VP6000FT/U
R17L/P6000FT/N IC SKC M19/M22 A3002 RMK IC1 PARAHELIA SLP260=

What does that mean? Google didn't reveal anything to me...sounds like some drug psychosis

[esp803]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=metar+PARAHELIA


"Sun dogs, also known as parhelia or mock suns, appear as two bright spots on either side of the Sun, creating the eerie illusion of three suns in the sky."

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[Meddler]

Three Suns? Sounds like "drug psychosis" is pretty close!

[5x5]

Google didn't reveal anything to me

I think your Google might be broke.

[Heliian]

I believe it's similar to Tatooine's setup.

May the force be with you.

[DanWEC]

I misread and googled Diphallia. Don't make the same mistake.

[5x5]

I misread and googled Diphallia. Don't make the same mistake.

Is that like "I had a 'friend' who googled Diphallia and he says don't do it."

[plhought]

Ahh cheers.

I was searching my phone and uses stupid useless Bing! Flippin' Windows Phone.

[DanWEC]

Ahh cheers.

I was searching my phone and uses stupid useless Bing! Flippin' Windows Phone.

All good, and isn't that new Zune the best?

[Hockaloogie]

Ahh cheers. I was searching my phone and uses stupid useless Bing! Flippin' Windows Phone.

Ain't their fault, I just tried it on Windows Phone Bing, and the correct answer is in the first hit. Operator error.

[Meddler]

Great. Now I have to wonder what Diphallia is until I can borrow my buddies phone...

[looproll]

Les Cowley is the man when it comes to atmospheric optics. His site is really cool:

http://www.atoptics.co.uk/fz1061.htm


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subparhelic_circle


The correct spelling is "parhelia" and it's the scientific name for a sun dog.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dogs