Meteorologists Welcome Newest Cloud Type

Cumulus, nimbus, stratus, cirrus…asperatus? First “discovered” in 2009, scientists have finally named this dramatic and rare cloud occurence as Undulatus Asperatus. posted on July 29, 2011 at 2:25pm EDT

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Meteorologists Welcome Newest Cloud Type

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prrriiide a year ago

#5 is not the new cloud type. Those are mammatus clouds and have been recognized for decades as being related to tornadic supercell thunderstorms. They’re called mammatus because they tend to resemble…well…you can probably guess…
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Scott J. a year ago

Pretty sure these were what Van Gogh was painting back in the late 1800s
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migooksaram a year ago

I saw these in 2004 and they were orange because it was at sunset. Pretty cool. But new? Clouds have been around since forever. I don’t think they are new. Rare but not new.
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I find a more appropriate title for these formations to be “HDR clouds.”
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Just don’t say them all in the wrong order or you’ll bring Voldemort back to life.
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Susan O. a year ago

more like pollution clouds
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Lillithdv8 a year ago

I find it beautiful, it looks like wads of cotton or milk foam
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I saw these the other day…end of the world clouds…
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I believe this is also called a Ghostbusters/Zuul formation
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This is the scariest looking sky I have ever seen.
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imward a year ago

definitely saw a few of these before a storm in NH the other day. Was wondering about them
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Diana a year ago

All this time, I’ve been calling it sky cellulite.
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