atmospheric phenomenon

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atmospheric phenomenon - a physical phenomenon associated with the atmospherecloud - a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitudephysical phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energyair hole, air pocket, pocket - a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenlyaurora - an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of forcecondensate, condensation - atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of coldfront - (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air massesgreenhouse effect, greenhouse warming - warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earthinversion - the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layerstorm, violent storm - a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightningatmospheric electricity - electrical discharges in the atmospheremidnight sun - the sun visible at midnight (inside the Arctic or Antarctic Circles)halo - a circle of light around the sun or moonmeteor shower, meteor stream - a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmospheresunrise - atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the sunsunset - atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sunafterglow - a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunsetatmospheric condition, weather, weather condition, conditions - the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "they were hoping for good weather"; "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception"; "the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow"