Orange Hue Before Hail Name: Rance S. Just curious as to why
sometimes before it hails that the surrounding air and sky
exhibits an orangeish hue... Orange, red, blue, green, and even
purple!! Hail is an indicator of intense weather. The clash of
hot moist air and cold dry air that becomes "inverted" that is,
the less dense hot moist air near the surface of the earth and
the dense dry cold air above. When this becomes unstable
turbulence results and the turbulence can pick up dust and dirt
and suck it up into the upper atmosphere. Depending upon
conditions sunlight is scattered off the suspended particles and
can produce some intensely colored clouds. But head for the
basement!! The colors you see in the sky are the result of
several influences, including time of day, angle of the sun,
cloud height and thickness, and even your location relative to
the storm. Some storm clouds exhibit a greenish cast before a
hailstorm. So there is no good correlation between "sky color"
and severe weather, as there are too ma