Recognition Sought for New Cloud Variety: Should the United Nations Make It Official?
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2012/09/24 00:46:52
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Remember learning about the different types of clouds in school? Well, apparently a new type of cloud called “undulatus asperatus” may soon join the ranks of the better-known cumulus, stratus, and cirrus.
“Undulatus asperatus” means “agitated waves” and this type of cloud looks like an undulating blanket covering the sky. The quest to get this type of cloud recognized—it would be the first new variety discovered since the cirrus intortus in 1951—was spurred on by a photo by Jane Wiggins of Cedar Rapids, Iowa that went viral on the Internet in 2006 (see below).
According to Gavin Pretor-Pinney, president of the Cloud Appreciation Society, "It will only become an official classification if it is included in the World Meteorological Organization's reference book, the International Cloud Atlas."
And apparently, the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) doesn’t exactly move very quickly. The atlas has not been put online and the last print edition was issued in 1975. If this new variety of cloud is recognized, it would be the world’s first crowd-sourced cloud—discovered through the sharing of digital images.
“Undulatus asperatus” means “agitated waves” and this type of cloud looks like an undulating blanket covering the sky. The quest to get this type of cloud recognized—it would be the first new variety discovered since the cirrus intortus in 1951—was spurred on by a photo by Jane Wiggins of Cedar Rapids, Iowa that went viral on the Internet in 2006 (see below).
According to Gavin Pretor-Pinney, president of the Cloud Appreciation Society, "It will only become an official classification if it is included in the World Meteorological Organization's reference book, the International Cloud Atlas."
And apparently, the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) doesn’t exactly move very quickly. The atlas has not been put online and the last print edition was issued in 1975. If this new variety of cloud is recognized, it would be the world’s first crowd-sourced cloud—discovered through the sharing of digital images.
Read More: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/story/2012/09/18/n...
Top Opinion
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RobJohn 2012/09/24 02:22:36Wait, what? There's a new type of cloud?!
My first thought was that the United Nations isn't even official nor legitimate, and so why should I believe anything that they may deem?
Can anyone say: HARP !
They'll just train us that its all normal, its always been like this. We have always had a 1 in 3 chance of dying from cancer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?...
HAARP IN ACTION!! WEIRD MAN MADE SCALAR SKY! WAVE CLOUDS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I think they should call the cloud the smitty undulating figure eight horeshoe aeritias.
Oh wait.. I always thought the WMO stood for the World's Moron Organization... wow I learn something every day.
Ominous beauty.
So, if the almighty UN doesn't make it "official", then they don't really exist? LOL!
I think they should be called "Haarpus Chemtrailius" clouds.
P.S. The WMO should come into the 21st Century and update its atlas -- 45 years? Good grief! Why should it be in charge of naming anything when it can't keep up -- maybe it's missed LOTS of important meteorological events.
Recognizing F-ing clouds, and trying to find their asses with both hands.
GMAFB bozos.
My personal favourite.
One thousand, two thousand,.......... !