Sun dogs stretch across extremely cold Prairie skies
Digital Reporter
Monday, January 18, 2016, 4:01 PM - People on the Prairies have shivered in temperatures near -30oC over the weekend into the new week, feeling near -40 with the wind chill.
A ridge of high pressure has kept the skies clear, robbing the region of insulating cloud cover, but also providing an opportunity for a rare, and spectacular, phenomenon: Sun dogs.
Manifesting as bright points of light or even a full halo on either side of the sun near the horizon, they appear when high-altitude ice crystals catch the light just right, and people across the west have been getting a great view of them.
Here are the best shots sent to The Weather Network on social media or uploaded to our online photo galleries. Enjoy!
Image: Latisha Moar, Lake Lenore, Sask.
Image: Dustin Fiala, Manitoba.
@weathernetwork central Alberta sun dog pic.twitter.com/9nMxQZpc6L
— Karl Hill (@SLCaptainK9) January 17, 2016@weathernetwork In Regina, Sk this morning. pic.twitter.com/8oEa5A6Uei
— Judy Bird (@judybird25) January 16, 2016@weathernetwork please tell me sundogs mean it's going to warm up? It can't get any colder in southern Manitoba. pic.twitter.com/Jn68luqyW3
— Patricia Garrod (@TrishG27) January 16, 2016
Image: Mike Cruzr Scherban, Regina, Sask.
