Kolhapur, May 26 -- The appearance of a Sun Bow - a perfect circle of rainbow-like light around the blazing midday sun, is often linked to high moisture content and atmosphere instability, which can lead to unusually heavy rainfall, said scientist Prof. Kiran Kumar Johare.
In a press release here, Prof Johare, who is a respected atmosphere scientists and former researcher at the Indian Institute of Tropical Metrology (IITM), Pune, said: "The Sun Bow looks beautiful, but its also a sign that the upper atmosphere is saturated with moisture. Historically, we observed that these halos are followed by excess rainfall, and this year our data shows that Nagpur is likely to received 125% of its average monsoon rainfall, mainly in the form of heavy...