Wow--I never knew there was a name for that phenomenon, and indeed hadn't thought about it existing, though it makes sense. Re: snow, Curi, I would imagine that it is cold enough at the height of the cloud(s) that the precip. starts out as snow, and then the temp. warms up as it descends. And I guess it goes to show my ignorance that I thought the word was pronounced veer-ga, and then I find it's vuhr-ga. Oh, well.

I went to the site with all the pictures, and realized I've seen weather just like some of them! And I love the guy's word, praecipitatio--sounds like it ought to be something to eat! (She said, further revealing her ignorance.)

But, hey, Branshea, did you see this line on his contact page: Ik spreek ook Nederlands! ?