List of meteorological phenomena

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A meteorological phenomenon is a weather event which can be explained by the principles of meteorology.

• Air mass
• Anticyclone
• Arctic cyclone
• Clouds
• Crow Instability
• Drought
• Dust devil
• Dust storm
• Extratropical cyclone
• Föhn wind
• Hail
• Hurricane
• Lake effect snow
• Lightning
• Mesocyclone
• Rain
• Sleet
• Snow
• Squall
• Subtropical cyclone
• Supercell
• Temperature inversion
• Thunder
• Tornado
• Tropical storm
• Weather front
• Wind

Unusual weather phenomena

• Diamond dust, a predominantly Polar phenomenon
• Halo
• Light pillar
• Raining animals
• Rainbow
• Sun shower
• Sun dog
• Thundersnow
• Novaya Zemlya Effect

See also

• Severe weather
• The Marine Observers' Log

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