Sky Watchers Want Recognized a Newly Described Type of Cloud 166
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. (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Best. Cloud. Ever. (Score:2, Insightful)
Mainly, I'm expecting you to get lots of 'redundant'.
Re:alto-cirrus (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:alto-cirrus (Score:4, Insightful)
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... (Score:3, Insightful)
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. (Score:3, Insightful)
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].