Meaning
Eerie, unsettling weather said to be a time when duppies (spirits) are about — most often the strange, still, overcast gloom, or a 'sun-shower' (rain falling while the sun shines), which folk belief calls a sign that 'di devil an him wife a fight' or that duppies are near. A vivid piece of Jamaican weather-lore.
Examples
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Rain a fall while sun a shine — a duppy weather dis.
Rain falling while the sun shines — this is 'duppy weather'.
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Di sky look strange an still, duppy weather.
The sky looks strange and still, spirit weather.
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Mumma call wi inside inna di duppy weather.
Mum called us inside during the eerie weather.
Origin
From [[duppy]] (ghost) + 'weather'; folk-lore for eerie or sun-shower weather. See [[duppy]], [[sun-hot]].
How it’s used
Eerie/sun-shower weather linked to spirits in folk belief. See [[duppy]], [[duppy-story]].