# Weather & Atmosphere — Artificial Lexicon prompt words

> Weather is free set dressing. One word brings clouds, wet streets, and the light that comes with them. Pick one weather state and one time of day. Click words to build a prompt in the tray.

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## Weather states

The sky's condition. One of these changes every surface in the scene.

- **clear sky**: no clouds, hard shadows
- **overcast**: flat soft light, no shadows
- **partly cloudy**: moving light and shadow patches
- **storm clouds**: dark stacked sky before rain
- **thunderstorm**: lightning, rain, violent sky
- **lightning strike**: bolt frozen mid-frame
- **light rain**: drizzle, damp surfaces
- **heavy rain**: sheets of water, low visibility
- **downpour**: rain at full force
- **monsoon**: seasonal flood rain, tropical setting
- **rain shower**: brief rain with light behind it
- **freezing rain**: ice glazing every surface
- **hailstorm**: ice stones bouncing off surfaces
- **light snow**: flakes drifting, thin cover
- **heavy snowfall**: thick flakes, muffled scene
- **blizzard**: wind-driven snow, whiteout
- **snow flurry**: brief thin snow in the air
- **sleet**: half-frozen rain, gray slush
- **fog**: scene dissolving with distance
- **dense fog**: visibility down to meters
- **mist**: thin moisture softening the air
- **morning haze**: low sun through thick air
- **heat haze**: air shimmering off hot ground
- **dust storm**: wall of dust swallowing the horizon
- **sandstorm**: desert air turned orange
- **windstorm**: everything bent and flying
- **gale**: sea wind, spray and whitecaps
- **hurricane**: storm at landscape scale
- **tornado**: funnel cloud touching down
- **drought**: cracked earth, dry air
- **heatwave**: sun pressing down, wilted scene
- **frost**: ice crystals on every edge
- **black ice**: invisible ice sheen on pavement
- **rainbow**: arc after rain, saturated sky
- **double rainbow**: two arcs, storm light
- **drizzle**: fine rain, barely falling
- **sun shower**: rain falling through sunlight
- **cold snap**: sudden freeze, breath and frost
- **thundersnow**: lightning inside a snowstorm
- **ice storm**: everything sealed in clear ice

## Times of day

Time of day is the light source's schedule. Say when, and the model lights it.

- **dawn**: first light, cold and thin
- **sunrise**: sun breaking the horizon
- **early morning**: long shadows, fresh light
- **midmorning**: clean working light
- **high noon**: sun overhead, shadows underfoot
- **afternoon light**: warm settled daylight
- **late afternoon**: shadows lengthening again
- **golden hour**: warm low sun before sunset
- **sunset**: sun at the horizon, full color
- **dusk**: light failing, first lamps on
- **blue hour**: deep blue sky after sunset
- **twilight**: between day and night
- **nightfall**: darkness arriving
- **midnight**: full night, artificial light only
- **moonlight**: cold silver light and long shadows
- **starlight**: faint light under a clear night sky
- **milky way night**: galaxy band across the sky
- **pre-dawn dark**: the dark before first light
- **polar night**: day-long darkness of high latitudes
- **midnight sun**: sun that never sets, endless gold

## Seasons

A season is a palette plus a weather bias in one word.

- **early spring**: first buds, thin light, mud
- **spring bloom**: blossoms open everywhere
- **late spring**: full green, warm air
- **midsummer**: peak green and heat
- **summer evening**: warm air after a hot day
- **late summer**: dry grass, tired green
- **early autumn**: first color in the leaves
- **peak autumn**: red and gold at full volume
- **late autumn**: bare branches, brown ground
- **first snow**: autumn scene under fresh white
- **midwinter**: deep snow, low sun
- **winter thaw**: melting snow, dripping edges
- **rainy season**: weeks of rain, saturated ground
- **dry season**: dust, gold grass, hard light
- **harvest season**: fields cut, warm evening light
- **cherry blossom season**: pink petals falling
- **indian summer**: warm days after first cold
- **spring rain**: soft rain on new leaves
- **summer storm**: heat broken by sudden rain
- **autumn wind**: leaves in the air

## Atmospheric effects

Particles and light in the air. These give the model something to render between camera and subject.

- **god rays**: sunbeams split by clouds or trees
- **crepuscular rays**: light shafts from a low sun
- **volumetric light**: light made visible in the air
- **light shafts**: beams through windows or canopy
- **sun glare**: sun blinding into the lens
- **backlit haze**: glow behind a hazy subject
- **smoke in the air**: drifting smoke catching light
- **steam rising**: warm vapor off streets or cups
- **falling leaves**: leaves drifting through the frame
- **falling petals**: blossoms drifting through the frame
- **drifting pollen**: bright specks floating in light
- **dust motes**: particles lit in a beam
- **floating embers**: sparks rising from fire
- **fireflies**: small lights in the dusk
- **aurora borealis**: green curtains across the night sky
- **aurora australis**: southern lights over ice
- **meteor shower**: streaks across the night sky
- **shooting star**: one streak, quiet night
- **lens-height spray**: sea spray reaching the camera
- **ocean mist**: salt haze over the shore
- **low clouds**: cloud deck touching the hills
- **cloud inversion**: valley filled with cloud from above
- **puddle reflections**: sky and lights doubled on wet ground
- **wet pavement**: streets turned to mirrors after rain
- **icicles**: ice hanging from every edge
- **hoarfrost**: feathered ice on branches
- **snow drifts**: wind-carved snow shapes
- **mirage**: false water shimmering on the horizon
- **halo around the moon**: ice-crystal ring in the night sky
- **sun dog**: bright spots flanking a low sun
- **ground fog**: knee-deep fog hugging the earth
- **sea smoke**: steam rising off cold water
- **rain on window glass**: scene viewed through wet glass
- **visible breath**: cold air shown in every exhale
- **heat shimmer**: asphalt bending the air above it
- **snow glitter**: sun sparking off fresh snow
- **whitecaps**: wind tearing the tops off waves
- **rolling thunderheads**: cumulonimbus towers building
- **storm light**: sun breaking under a black sky
- **distant rain curtain**: rain visible falling far away