Sky Watchers Want Recognized a Newly Described Type of Cloud

phantomfive writes "In Iowa and Scotland there are reports of a type of cloud not yet recognized by the World Meteorological Foundation. It seems the cloud does not match any of the clouds in the International Cloud Atlas, and thus there is a campaign underway to have it included. Some have said the clouds look like Armageddon has arrived."

Pretty simple for me.

[More_Cowbell]

I'm not a meteorologist, but I love clouds and have looked at thousands of cloud photos over the years. Never seen any exactly like this. FTA, no one seems to dispute that these are so far undocumented. ... So where is the problem? Add a new cloud already.

Re:Best. Cloud. Ever.

[Anonymous Coward]

Mainly, I'm expecting you to get lots of 'redundant'.

Re:alto-cirrus

[Laser_iCE]

At this point in time does anyone deny that our climate is changing?

Re:alto-cirrus

[dbIII]

The "Heartland Institute" who will also tell you that tobacco is safe are the main offender there.
It was all a lot simpler 30 years ago before it became a magnet for anti-intellectual nutcases using it as the new soft target to try to prove that science is worthless.

Re:forest for the trees...

[flydude18]

It's not the ominous-looking clouds that worry me. If you read the article, the first line says "In hill country from Iowa to the Scottish Highlands..."

The sudden and inexplicable appearance of hills in Iowa will keep me up all night.

Re:Mammatus Lenticularis.

[Scrameustache]

So referring to mammatus refers to the way they look. Referring to lenticularis refers to the way they form:

I'm pretty sure they're named lenticular because they're lens-shaped [crystalinks.com].