Tornados, Dark Days, Anomalous Precipitation: A Catalog of Geophysical Anomalies
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| Author | William R Corliss |
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| Published | 1983 |
| Publisher | Sourcebook Project |
| Pages | 202 |
| ISBN | 0915554100 |
- Here is our "weather' Catalog. As everyone knows, our atmosphere is full of tricks, chunks of ice fall from the sky, tornado funnels glow at night. The TV weathermen rarely mention these "idiosyncrasies". [Picture caption: Conical hailstones with fluted sides]
- Typical subjects covered:
Polar-aligned cloud rows * Ice fogs (the Pogonip) * Conical hail * Gelatinous meteors * Point rainfall * Unusual incendiary phenomena * Solar activity and thunderstorms * Tornados and their association with electricity * Multiwalled waterspouts * Explosive onset of whirlwinds * Dry fogs and dust fogs * Effect of the moon on rainfall * Ozone in hurricanes * Ice falls (hydrometeors) - Comments from reviews: "...can be recommended to every one who realizes that not everything in science has been properly explained", Weather
