Clouds

• Low clouds
  1. fair-weather cumulus
  2. stratus
  3. stratocumulus
  4. nimbostratus
• Middle clouds
  1. altocumulus
  2. altocumulus
  3. altostratus
• High clouds
  1. cirrus
  2. cirrocumulus
  3. cirrostratus
  4. cirrostratus
  5. contrail
  6. contrail
  7. contrail
• Convective clouds
  1. cumulus
  2. cumulus congestus
  3. cumulus congestus
  4. cumulus congestus
  5. cumulonimbus
  6. cumulonimbus
  7. cumulonimbus
  8. supercell cumulonimbus
  9. wall cloud
  10. lightning
• Other clouds
  1. fog
  2. Valley fog
  3. mammatus
  4. mammatus
  5. nacreous
  6. noctilucent
  7. cap cloud

Atmospheric Optical Phenomena

1. rainbow
2. cloudbow
3. iridescence
4. halo
5. silver lining
6. sunset
7. sunset
8. volcanic sunset (Pinatubo)
9. green flash (courtesy Andrew T. Young). A web site devoted to the green flash is located here.
10. perspective

Severe Weather

1. flood
2. flood
3. hail
4. Multiple tornados
5. tornado
6. tornado
7. hurricane
8. hurricane
9. hurricane

Lightning and Electrical Phenomena

1. day lightning
2. day lightning
3. red sprite

Miscellaneous

1. analemma
2. breaking wave
3. dust devil
4. rime ice
5. July 1995 temperatures in Milwaukee
6. Comet Hyakutake

Archived weather maps

1. "Classic" mid-latitude cyclone: Surface | Visible satellite image
2. Very cold weather:
   • 11 December 1995: Surface | 500 mb
   • 3 February 1996: Surface | 500 mb | Low temps | High temps | Green Bay sounding | Bismark, ND sounding
3. Very hot weather:
   • 14 July 1995: Surface | Temps | 850 mb | 700 mb | 500 mb |
4. Snowstorm:
   • 27 November 1995: Surface | Radar | 500 mb | Visible satellite image
5. Stationary front: Surface | Radar | Temps | 500 mb
6. Fog:
   • 9 May 1996 Fog sounding
   • 10 Feb 1998: 300 mb | Surface | Temps | Dew pts | 0Z sounding | 12z sounding
7. Impossible surface map
8. Excessive rain. During 05-06 August 1998, portions of Milwaukee and Sheboygan Counties received as much as 12 inches of rain.
   • 05 August 1998: sfc | upper air
   • 06 August 1998: sfc | temps | dewpt | 500 mb | sounding
9. "Omega block", 1 May 1999: 500 mb | Surface (1) (2) | Temps

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