Meaning
Rain falling while the sun is shining — a light shower out of a bright sky. Beyond the plain fact, it carries folk meaning: some say a sun shower is 'di devil an him wife a fight', and it is one of the eerie kinds of 'duppy weather' when spirits are said to be near. A common, oddly beautiful piece of Jamaican weather, and a saying children learn young.
Examples
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Rain a fall an sun a shine — a sun shower.
Rain is falling and the sun is shining — a sun shower.
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Sun shower mean di devil an him wife a fight.
A sun shower means the devil and his wife are fighting.
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Di sun shower cool but nuh last long.
The sun shower is cooling but doesn't last long.
Origin
From 'sun' + 'shower'; rain during sunshine, tied to folk sayings. See [[duppy-weather]], [[shower]].
How it’s used
Rain while the sun shines; folk-sayings ('devil beating his wife'). See [[duppy-weather]].