Ah, that may have been my fault for not expanding a bit more on the idea. But, yes, the weather activity combined with the amount of air-borne aether present leads me to believe that "umbral" directly translates to "lots of aether".

Now, this of course would also roll into the umbral and astral periods in time as well. Just to name a couple side effects, an abundance of, what I'm assuming to be, global aether means more crystals for easier, more frequent and more powerful summonings. It also means that being from outside our plane of existance would be drawn here, as they too sustain themselves by feeding on aether. So, as you can see, this fits perfectly with the negative connotation umbral eras carry.

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But as to the rest of that, did you read the rest of my post? I tried to explain the actual phenomena of Umral Wind and Umbral Static.
Sure did! The elemental aspect of the aether and its transitions make total sense, I agree.