PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A day of heavy rain and flooding came to a close Thursday with a fiery sunset and double rainbow over Hampton Roads. The showers will be lighter and much more scattered ...

Sometimes a rainbow is seen..which happens mainly with the sun. So to see a Sun or Moon Halo...you need high, thin cirrus clouds which are usually at altitudes above 20,000 feet. We certainly had ...

Conditions have to be just right for them to form—heavy rain in addition to direct sunlight. "You need a fortuitous small hole in the clouds combined with torrential rain," says Lee.

For a rainbow to be visible, the sun has to be at a 42-degree angle to the raindrops that are falling in front of you for the process of light refraction to work.

Some sun & lots of clouds today with a narrow band of showers & storms developing for the afternoon & evening. A storm will develop & move through tonight & early Saturday with heavy rain.

The angle of the sun to the rain to your eye allows you to see the raindrop. A 42 degree angle is needed. The lower the sun is in the sky, the higher the rainbow will be in the opposite direction.

It's a mix of rain and sun for the Father's Day weekend. Skip to content. NOWCAST NewsCenter 5 at 11. Watch on Demand ... Video: Mix of heavy rain and sun for weekend. Share ...