Weather Phenomenon
and Elements
General Topics
The AtmosphereThe Aurora
What Goes Up-1: Introduction
What Goes Up-2: Topography and Density
What Goes Up-3: Convergence/Divergence
The Temperature Inversion
Balancing Radiation
Sometimes It's Relative: Humidity
Air Masses: A Base for Weather Analysis
Weather's Highs and Lows: Part 1 - The High
Weather's Highs and Lows: Part 2 - The Low
The Highs of Hazard
The Morning Dew
Frost on the Pumpkin
Frost Pockets
It's Coldest After Dawn
Fall/Spring Lake Turnover
Superior Moisture Gain
The Other Side of the Mountain: Rainshadows
Hot Town: Summer in the City
Winds of the City
Space Weather
Optics/Colour
Halo! Halo!The 46o Halo
Sun Dogs
Diamond Dust
Light Pillars
Rainbows
Crepuscular Rays: Looking For Sunbeams
The Glory and the Brockenspectre
Heavenly Shades of Nighttime Falling:
It's Twilight Time
All That Glitters
Mirages: A Primer
Inferior Mirage: Not Just For Deserts Anymore
The Superior Mirage: Seeing Beyond
The Fire of St Elmo
Blue Jets, Red Sprites and Elves
Why Lightning Bolts Are Not Straight
Heat Lightning
Twinkle, Twinkle: September Skies and Starlight
Winds
A Jet Stream RunsThrough It
Jet Streaming Along the Polar Front
Arctic Outbreaks
Break Out: Arctic Outflow Winds on the Pacific Coast
Sea and Land Breezes
Lake Breeze Weather
The Chinook
Gap Winds
Dust Devils
Aeolian Transport
Gone with the Wind
Wind-Driven Ocean Currents
Clouds and Precipitation
Hard Rains Will FallMaking Clouds and Rain
Cumulus Humilis: A Fair Weather Cloudscape
Clouds: The Rare, The Unusual and The New
Noctilucent Clouds
Noctilucent Clouds Photo Gallery
Lake-Effect Rains
How Do Clouds Float?
Raindrops, So Many Raindrops
Cloudbursts
The Joy of Snowflakes
Winter Weather
Ice Storms: Hazardous BeautyLake-Effect Snowfall
Causes of Lake-Effect Snow Squalls
Lake-Effect Snow Climatology in the Great Lakes Region
Sea-Effect Snow
Avalanche!
Snowrollers
Icicles