News Weather The science behind clouds and how to remember their (latin) names Mon., June 23, 2025 Storm clouds gather above a train in 2023 as it rolls through the Pleasantview Road crossing near ...

Other clouds that formerly went by more colloquial names, such as the wave-like Kelvin-Helmoltz cloud, and fallstreak holes, will now be recognized with the Latin names fluctus and cavum ...

People who study the weather, called meteorologists, have several different names for clouds. The name changes based on how the clouds look. These differently shaped clouds can also tell you how ...

The cloud with no name: Meteorologists campaign to classify unique 'Asperatus' clouds seen across the world By LUKE SALKELD FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: 04:25 EDT, 2 June 2009 ...

In addition to the asperitas classification, the new atlas also contains new names for clouds that were already well-known to weather geeks around the world, including the Kelvin-Helmhotz cloud ...

It's a rare type of cloud, and a fairly new type of cloud. In 2017, this cloud type was officially recognized by the WMO. It was the first new cloud identified since 1951.

AMONG other things that have been changed in order to keep abreast of the times is the nomenclature of the clouds. While there has not been much difference in the appearance, a necessity has for a ...

Howard describes clouds with conical shapes increasing upward from a flat base as "cumulus" from the Latin term for "heap." A bit more colorfully, he also described them as "wool bag clouds." ...