Weather
Preciptation | Winds
Preciptation
Rain | Drizzle | Showers | Thunderstorms | Ice Pellets | Freezing Rain | Rain & Snow Mixed
Preciptation
Snow | Flurries | Snowsqualls
Clouds Fog | Odd Clouds | Mist | Haze
Thunderstorms
Lightning | Sprites & Other Stuff | Tornados | Hail
http://web.archive.org/web/20021001040244/http://www.nofc.forestry.ca/~kanderso/ltgfaq.html
Lightning faq
http://powerweb.grc.nasa.gov/pvsee/publications/marslight.html
Mars lightning paper
http://www-star.stanford.edu/projects/mgs/dmwr.html Mars
weather report
Rays & Shadows
Sunrise and sunset High-level
low-level and mid-level cloud coloring | Precipiatation
colors
Twlight phenomena Afterglow | Belt of Venus | Purple Red | Twilight anticrepuscular
rays | Twlight Arch
Twlight phenomena Twilight crepuscular rays | Twilight wedge
Crepuscular rays
| Anti-crepuscular | Cloud shadows
Opposition effect | Haze | Rayleigh scattering
| Reddening at horizon | Silver
linings
Water Droplets
Corona | Clouds & Fog | Iridescent Clouds
| Fogbow | The Glory | Heiligenschein | Cloud Bow | Dew Bow | Brocken Spectre
| Anitsolar iridscence | Corona | Glory | Iridescence
Rain & Rainbows Single & double rainbows | supernumerary rays
Ice Halos
Common 22 Degree | Parhelia (Sun Dogs)
| Upper/ Lower Tangent Arc | Sun Pillar | Circumzenith Arc | Parhelic Circle
Uncommon
46 Degree Halo | 120 Degree Pahelia | Parry Arcs | Pyramidal Crystal Halos |
Supra/Infralateral Arcs | Subsun | Circumhorizontal
Rarer
High Atmosphere Nacreous Clouds | Noctilucent clouds
Atmospheric refraction
Distortion of sun & moon
| Flattening of sun & moon | Green flash | Red Flash | Inferior mirages (land
| road | water) | Superior mirages | Shimmering
Reflection phenomena Glitter path | Water reflections
Various phenomena Mach bands | Sky polarization
Clouds
Low-level clouds Fog | Fractocumulus
| Nimbostratus | Stratocumulus | Stratus
Mid-level clouds Altocumulus
| Altostratus | Castellanus | Floccus
High-level clouds Cirrocumulus
| Cirrostratus | Cirrus
Cumuliform clouds Cumulonimbus | Cumulus congestus
| Cumulus humilis | Cumulus
mediocris
Mesospheric clouds Noctilucent clouds
Contrails Contrail dipole vortices
| Contrail funnels | Contrail instability
waves | Contrail ring vortices
Contrails Contrail shadows |
Contrail shearing | Contrails | Distrails | Shear (wing) funnels
Various cloud forms Cloud streets
| Funnel clouds | Horseshoe-vortices | Lenticularis | Mammatus | Pileus
Various
cloud forms Praecipitatio | Pyrocumulus | Smog | Tuba | Virga
Severe weather Gust fronts
| Gustnadoes | Haboobs | Hail fallstreaks | Roll
clouds | Scud clouds | Shelf clouds
Severe weather Storm flanking lines
| Storm skyscapes | Tail
clouds | Tornadoes | Updraft cumulus
Severe weather Updraft turrets
| Wall clouds | Whale's mouth
Thunderstorm types: Multicell storms
| Single-cell storms | Supercell storms
More
Ice & frost: Ice | Ice flowers |
Ice-coated vegetation | Icicles | Lake ice | Rime | Snowscapes
Precipitation Hailstones
| Snowflakes and ice crystals
Weather effects on soil Beach sand ripples
| Soil mud crust
Light interference Soap film colors
Nocturnal phenomena Clouds at night
| Light pollution
Sights from Other Places in the Universe
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