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Arcane Atmospheric Anomalies Revealed
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Refraction trick, making distant objects seem displaced or inverted
  • 2. Unusual depositional phenomenon where grass blades are ejected by storms
  • 3. Rare cold air surge phenomenon named after Mediterranean wind term
  • 4. Vertical light columns caused by ice plate reflection near horizon
  • 5. Small whirlwind picking up loose dust but lacking typical funnel shape
  • 11. Optical halo caused by ice crystal refraction in cirrostratus
  • 14. Miniature vortex born where warm water meets cold air
  • 15. Hypothetical rare vortex formed over forests in rare thermal setups
  • 17. Ice crystals formed in thunderclouds, tied to electrification processes
Down
  • 6. Long-lived thunderstorm complex producing damaging straight-line winds
  • 7. Rare dense settling of microscopic water droplets with still air
  • 8. Colorful arcs formed by refracted light through snow crystals aloft
  • 9. Nighttime downward heat flow causing frost by radiative loss
  • 10. Vortices forming over cold icy surfaces during frigid wind surges
  • 12. Dry zone leeward of mountains caused by orographic precipitation blocking
  • 13. Tornado-like vortex over water, often seen in tropical marine air masses
  • 16. Rapid airborne salt dispersion triggered by briny coastal microbursts
  • 18. Relating to brief, sharp increases in wind speed from localized showers
  • 19. Warm, dry downslope gusts altering temperate microclimates

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