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Phantasmal Weather Phenomena Lexicon
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  • 1. Cold, stable atmospheric layer influencing winter ozone depletion—abbreviation expanded
  • 2. Foehn wind known to rapidly warm and melt winter snows on Rockies’ leeward side
  • 4. Mirage named after an enchantress, bending horizons with layers of refraction
  • 6. White icy deposit from supercooled fog striking cold surfaces
  • 7. Bioluminescent marine organism causing glowing waves under darkness
  • 13. Transient upper-atmosphere electrical ghosts flickering above thunderstorms
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  • 3. Ice crystal optical phenomenon forming luminous rings around sun or moon
  • 5. Supersonic boom-like shockwave associated with intense lightning discharges
  • 8. Long-lived severe windstorm producing widespread straight-line gusts
  • 9. Ancient Inuit term for ground-hugging freezing fog or frost
  • 10. Underwater icicle formed by descending saline cold brine causing fatal marine freeze
  • 11. Volumetric beams of light piercing through cloud breaks; also called crepuscular rays
  • 12. Short-lived swirling dust devil born from thunderstorm outflows rather than the cloud
  • 14. Rare spherical condensation within towering cumulonimbus clouds

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