why is the sky orange when it's stormy?

Answer 1

The storm adds moisture to the air, which bends the suns rays by refraction, like a prism, into any color from red to violet.

Answer 2

The sky over me when it's stormy is not orange (unless the sun is going down maybe) Usually the sky is a slate grayish blue with a tiny bit of white from the clouds, and the clouds roll, and tumble and look scary as the lightening seen as the clouds roll by. I do remember before a tornado when I was young seeing the sky turn an orangy-yellow and everything got very still, (not even the birds were flying, no leaves were stirring either, then the sky turned this funny yellow color, then in a heartbeat our home was hit by a tornado !.

Answer 3

Well I wonder how this question got into Anthropology?

Orange is from dust in the air blown up by the storm winds.

;-D It does sort of smell good though huh? I like those first few minutes when the rain is pattering down on the dry Earth and makes that special smell.

;-D Ya know what I mean?

Answer 4

An orange (or red ) sky or horizon means one thing: air pollution. Smog hiding the sun (or sunlight) pollution is hovering. Mexico City and L.A, have magnificent orange skies which one can see, until their lungs collapse.

Answer 5

its usually gray or black when it is stormy on my planet