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* Thanks to [[spoiler:Lapis trying to delay Jasper reaching Steven's home]] in Chapter Forty of ''Fanfic/ATriangleintheStars'', the already-ensuing storm becomes much, ''much'' worse, bringing [[spoiler:Jasper's ship]] down and in Chapter Forty-One threatening to tip over [[spoiler:the Stan O' War II]]. Because of this, [[spoiler:Stan, Peridot and Ford have to [[RainRainGoAway wait just outside the perimeter of the deadly waves and rain until the storm clears up before they can head on to Beach City]].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' takes this UpToEleven: In "Rainy Day Daydream", it rains ''knives''.

** Module [=WG7=] ''[[TabletopGame/{{Greyhawk}} Castle Greyhawk]]''. On any given day the title edifice is beset with random nasty weather caused by druid weather control magic. It includes torrential rain, winds up to 60 m.p.h., tornadoes, hailstorms, temperatures down to -40 °F, sleet, snow, lightning storms, blistering temperatures up to 130 °F and severe dust storms.

* Thanks to [[spoiler: Lapis trying to delay Jasper reaching Steven's home]] in Chapter Forty of ''Fanfic/ATriangleintheStars'', the already-ensuing storm becomes much, ''much'' worse, bringing [[spoiler: Jasper's ship]] down and in Chapter Forty-One threatening to tip over [[spoiler: the Stan O' War II]]. Because of this, [[spoiler: Stan, Peridot and Ford have to [[RainRainGoAway wait just outside the perimeter of the deadly waves and rain until the storm clears up before they can head on to Beach City]].]]

-->'''Ming:''' I like to play with them awhile...before annihilation. HA HA HA HA!

* One of the ''Literature/RedDwarf'' novels finds Lister on Garbage World. He is attacked by [[HollywoodAcid acid rain]] and later oil rain, which lighting ignites. [[spoiler: Turns out The Earth is trying to kill him.]]

** It is ''not'' a good idea to stick around when the thermometer drops faster than a stone. And, that's even beyond the fact that the aforementioned BizarreSeasons giving long, hellish winters are in play. More specifically, a sudden, localised drop means you might just be due a visit from the [[HumanoidAbomination Others]] and [[ZombieApocalypse their Wights]]. [[AnIcePerson They like the cold]]. It (and a freezing fog bank) either follows them like an obedient puppy, or they just need the general conditions to be right to play with. Either way, it's hinted they can use ice and snow in ways [[WeatherOfWar that can turn very deadly, very quickly]]: their ice swords and armour are far from normal, for starters. And, then, there are whatever the legendary "ice spiders" are. Or whatever other tricks they might well have up their sleeves, [[spoiler: like, maybe... sea-ice bridges or self-building siege-ramps]]. And, winter has come.
** Stannis Baratheon and Roose Bolton might both argue that, even without Others about, winter has become pretty sodding hostile enough [[spoiler: around Winterfell]], already -- even though it's only just started. General Winter arrived [[spoiler: at their little war rather suddenly, after all -- forcing the whole siege to be where it is, for starters.]] Neither are all that enthused about the time or the place. Or, the conditions, for that matter.

--> ''"Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall; Death is the fifth, and master of all."''

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** Module ''Masters of Eternal Night''. While traveling from Stormport to the crater the {{PC}}s will face harsh winter weather such as blizzards and whiteouts.

** ''Magazine/{{Polyhedron}}'' magazine #77 article "Weather Report for Krynn". The TabletopGame/{{Dragonlance}} campaign setting can have extremely harsh weather, including electrical storms, sand storms, dust storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards and ice storms.

*** While the {{PC}}s are traveling from the Crypts of Empyrea back to Nimbortan they will encounter a brief bizarre storm. It starts with a gale force wind, continues with rain that is almost boiling hot, then changes to razor-sharp sleet that slices exposed flesh and clothing to ribbons.

** The 3rd Edition ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' had a variety of nasty weather to throw at players, including hurricanes, tornadoes, dust storms, blizzards and thunderstorms.

* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', [[spoiler:Walpurgisnacht appears as an unusually intense supercell thunderstorm]].

* In the finale of ''Literature/CodexAlera'' the storm is alive. That picture up there actually happens. A furystorm is tearing apart the battlefield with claws of lightning and the Big Bad is nearly torn to shreds by the storm swallowing her. The rain gets so thick that flyers are almost swimming. All in all it is a bad idea to piss off the north wind.

** In the second book, the Voidbringers summon the Everstorm, which is much the same as the Highstorm except it goes the wrong way, west to east, devastating a world built with the other direction in mind. It is fueled by the Cosmic Principle of Hatred and brings with it Voidspren which turn [[spoiler:the placid and omnipresent parshmen]] into Voidbringers.

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', the Westerosi BizareSeasons do not muck about being silly: they ''all'' have hostile patches, even the relatively benign "summer" (re: crippling drought, if it goes either hot and long or it's normal and you're in Dorne).
** It is ''not'' a good idea to stick around when the thermometer drops faster than a stone. And, that's even beyond the fact that the aforementioned BizarreSeasons giving long, hellish winters are in play. More specifically, a sudden, localised drop means you might just be due a visit from the [[HumanoidAbomination Others]] and [[ZombieApocalypse their Wights]]. [[AnIcePerson They like the cold]]. It (and, its carry-toy commonly called "a freezing fog bank") either follows them like an obedient puppy, or they just need the general conditions to be right to play with. Either way, it's hinted they can use ice and snow in ways [[WeatherOfWar that can turn very deadly, very quickly]]: their ice swords and armour are far from normal, for starters. And, then, there are whatever the legendary "ice spiders" are. Or whatever other tricks they might well have up their sleeves, [[spoiler: like, maybe... sea-ice bridges or self-building siege-ramps]]. And, winter has come.

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', the Westerosi BizzareSeasons do not muck about being silly: they ''all'' have hostile patches, even the relatively benign "summer" (re: crippling drought).
** It is ''not'' a good idea to stick around when the thermometer drops faster than a stone. And, that's even beyond the fact that BizarreSeasons giving long, hellish winters are in play. More specifically, a sudden, localised drop means you might just be due a visit from the [[HumanoidAbomination Others]] [[ZombieApocalypse and their Wights]]. [[AnIcePerson They like the cold]]. It (and, its carry-toy commonly called "a freezing fog bank") either follows them like an obedient puppy, or they just need the general conditions to be right to play with. Either way, it's hinted they can use ice and snow in ways [[WeatherOfWar that can turn very deadly, very quickly]]: their ice swords and armour are far from normal, for starters. And, then, there are whatever the legendary "ice spiders" are. Or whatever other tricks they might well have up their sleeves, [[spoiler: like, maybe... sea-ice bridges or self-building siege-ramps]]. And, winter has come.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** It is not a good idea to stick around when the thermometer drops faster than a stone. And, that's even beyond the fact that BizarreSeasons giving long, hellish Winters are in play. More specifically, a sudden, localised drop means you might just be due a visit from the [[HumanoidAbomination Others]] [[ZombieApocalypse and their Wights]]. [[AnIcePerson They like the cold]]. It (and, its carry-toy commonalty called "a freezing fog bank") either follows them like an obedient puppy, or they just need the general conditions to be right to play with it. Either way, it's hinted they can use ice and snow in ways [[WeatherOfWar that can turn very deadly, very quickly]]: their ice swords and armour are far from normal, for starters. And, then, there are whatever "ice spiders" are. Or, any other tricks they might well have up their sleeves, [[spoiler: like, maybe... sea-ice bridges or self-building siege-ramps]]. And, Winter has come.
** Stannis Baratheon and Roose Bolton might both argue that, even without Others about, Winter has become pretty sodding hostile enough [[spoiler: around Winterfell]], already -- even though it's only just started. General Winter arrived [[spoiler: at their little war rather suddenly, after all -- forcing the whole siege to be where it is, for starters.]] Neither are all that enthused about the time or the place. Or, the conditions, for that matter.
** When the whole river system of the Trident and its tributaries decide to get boisterous thanks to prolonged, wet Autumn weather, they don't mess about. Mature, centuries-old trees sweep down the biggest as if they're twigs. Which... can be a bit of a problem for anybody hoping to boat across (or trying to maintain bridges or causeways for whole spans of them). Arya and the Hound barely make it across before the ferry-system comes to a complete halt. It was a hairy, white-water ride the whole way, too. What the well-named Riverlands are like in Spring with a Winter's worth of stored melt heading their way barely bears thinking about. Heck, the North as a whole would be one giant mud bath.

* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' has this as a gameplay mechanic in one campaign, appropriately called "Heavy Rain". After reaching the end of the level, you must then fight your way back to the starting point, through cornfields, an abandoned mill and a deserted town...all in the constant, obscuring rain and flooding of a southern hurricane. Good luck not hitting any witches when you can barely see them.

--> ''"Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall; Death is the fifth, and master of all."

* In the ''Landing'' series of flight simulation games (''Midnight Landing'', ''Top Landing'', and ''Landing High Japan'', in particular), the weather starts off nice and calm, but as you progress through each stage, the winds get stronger and stronger, and change directions more frequently. By the end of ''Top Landing'', expect to see wind shears of 15 meters per second, making it extermely hard to land without going off-course.

* In ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'', the [[TheFairFolk True Fae]] Nergal is the ElementalEmbodiment of the storms, and claims to be every storm in TheLandOfFaerie at once -- and given how RealityIsOutToLunch in Arcadia, this could be true. As for his disposition, well, he's more commonly known as ''The Raging One''.