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What is the name for the phenomenon where lightning causes a glowing sphere to float near the ground?
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Ball lightning
What is the name for a type of lightning that appears as a large, diffuse flash in the upper atmosphere?
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Sprite
What is the term for a rapidly rotating column of air that forms over a fire, merging flames and embers?
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Fire whirl
What is the name for the faint, greenish glow sometimes seen at the moment the sun sets below the horizon?
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Green flash
What is the name for a small, bright, stationary electrical discharge from pointed objects during a thunderstorm?
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St. Elmo's fire
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What is the name for a line of thunderstorms that forms along a cold front?
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Squall line
What is the name for a lightning strike that occurs between a cloud and the ground?
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Cloud-to-ground lightning
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Lenticular cloud
What weather phenomenon occurs when cold air passes over a warm lake, producing heavy snow?
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Lake-effect snow