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Cavum

Cavum is one of the new clouds that show up in the latest edition of the World Meteorological Organization’s International Cloud Atlas. I reported on the release of the new edition in this post. Cavum is really just a new … Continue reading

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Flumen

Cloud of the Day – Flumen Flumen, from the Latin flumen, a noun meaning river, is another of the new cloud types included in the World Meteorological Organization’s fifth edition of their venerable Cloud Atlas, published in 2017. It’s the … Continue reading

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Asperatus

Cloud of the Day – Asperatus Asperatus, also known as undulatus asperatus and altocumulus undulatus asperatus, is biblical. It’s the kind of cloud that makes people think that the world might be at the mercy of supernatural forces. They might … Continue reading

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