Posted on 06/08/2009 12:06:02 PM PDT by TaraP
Whipped into fantastical shapes, these clouds hang over the darkening landscape like the harbingers of a mighty storm. But despite their stunning and frequent appearances, the formations have yet to be officially recognised with a name. They have been seen all over Britain in different forms -from Snowdonia to the Scottish Highlands - and in other parts of the world such as New Zealand, but usually break up without producing a storm. And some experts believe the stormy weather phenomenon deserves its very own classification. Experts at the Royal Meteorological Society are now attempting to make it official by naming it 'Asperatus' after the Latin word for 'rough'. If they are successful, it would be the first variety of cloud formation to be given a new label in over half a century 'It is a bit like looking at the surface of a choppy sea from below,' said Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder 'We try to identify and classify all of the images of clouds we get in, but there were some that just didn't seem to fit in any of the other categories, so I began to think it might be a unique type of cloud.' He added: 'The underside of the clouds are quite rough and choppy. It looks very stormy, but some of the reports we have been getting suggest that they tend to break up without actually turning into a storm.' The Royal Meteorological Society is now gathering detailed information for the days and locations where the asperatus clouds have been seen in an attempt to understand exactly what is causing them. Officials will then apply to the UN's World Meteorological Organisation in Geneva to have the new cloud type considered for addition into the International Cloud Atlas, the system used by meteorologists across the globe.
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Chemtrails. Them’s the clouds chemtrails make...
Thanks. I’m always looking up...clouds are fascinating, and as I travel a good deal, I get to see a variety, but these...!!!!
Or... they’re just clouds.
Lift?
I say we call them photoshop.
I hate asperatus ... broccoli though isn’t too bad raw with ranch dip ....
That was exactly my thought.
Officials will then apply to the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation in Geneva to have the new cloud type considered for addition into the International Cloud Atlas, the system used by meteorologists across the globe.
Professor Paul Hardaker, Chief Executive of the RMS, said: ‘There would probably need to be quite a lot of heat around to produce the energy needed to generate such dramatic cloud formations.
‘They are quite dark structures so there must be a lot of water vapour condensing in the cloud.’
I see a monster AND a booby!
Absolutely, 100% HAS to be caused by UFO’s. There is NO OTHER ANSWER, and anyone who is a naysayer, well, you know the old TYPE II ERROR story.
LMAO.
Pretty pics!
Asperatus clouds over Illinois, US. The Royal Meteorological Society would need more information about weather patterns that form so-called aspertus cloud to define it as distinct from undulatus clouds, which means wavelike in Latin THIS ONE LOKS LIKE AN EYE.. 
When you see clouds that have a very peculiar color and look like an upside-down biscuit baking pan with the biscuits in it, then you better run for the shelter — a tornado may be right around the corner... LOL...
I’ve seen them like that before and you do want to run for the shelter. I remember seeing one sky like that in Dallas, when I was in Elementary school...
Weather is fascinating, but it can be deadly, too.... :-)
Actually, I’ll have to tell you, that these kinds of clouds have been going on for the past 50 years or more that *I* personally know about and have seen. :-)
So, they’re not so new or recent...
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