Weird weather : tales of astronomical and atmospheric anomalies is about strange, unusual, and apparently inexplicable observations of the air and sky. Primarily these are in the earth's atmosphere, but there are corresponding phenomena in the atmospheres of other planets of the solar aystem, lightning on venus, jupiter, and saturn, whirlwinds and dust storms of mars, and auroras on jupiter. Topics include anomalous lights, anomalous sounds, spectacular effects of cloud illumination by the Sun or Moon, lightning phenomena, electrophonic sounds of lightning, aurora and meteors, tornado and whirlwind phenomena on Earth and Mars, usual atmospheric effects, mirages, and the possible astronomical influences on cloud and climate.