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Post  ChristianLady Fri 10 Jul 2009, 6:51 pm

"Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths, lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding, you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, wild animals and all cattle, small creatures and flying birds." (Psalm 148:7-10)
The cloud with no name: Meteorologists campaign to classify unique 'Asperatus' clouds seen across the world
By: LUKE SALKED

Whipped into fantastical shapes, these clouds hang over the darkening landscape like the harbingers of a mighty storm.But despite their stunning and frequent appearances, the formations have yet to be officially recognised with a name.They have been seen all over Britain in different forms - from Snowdonia to the Scottish Highlands - and in other parts of the world such as New Zealand, but usually break up without producing a storm.


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Stunning but undefined: The clouds loom over the skies of New Zealand - but unfortunately words can't describe this dramatic vision from the heavensAnd some experts believe the stormy weather phenomenon deserves its very own classification.Experts at the Royal Meteorological Society are now attempting to make it official by naming it 'Asperatus' after the Latin word for 'rough'.If they are successful, it would be the first variety of cloud formation to be given a new label in over half a century 'It is a bit like looking at the surface of a choppy sea from below,' said Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society, who identified the cloud from photographs sent in by members.


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Dramatic: The ribbons across the sky look like a 'choppy sea viewed from below'


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Cloudy skies: If 'Asperatus' sticks, it could be the first such classification in half a century
'We try to identify and classify all of the images of clouds we get in, but there were some that just didn't seem to fit in any of the other categories, so I began to think it might be a unique type of cloud.'He added: 'The underside of the clouds are quite rough and choppy. It
looks very stormy, but some of the reports we have been getting suggest that they tend to break up without actually turning into a storm.'The Royal Meteorological Society is now gathering detailed information for the days and locations where the asperatus clouds have been seen in an attempt to understand exactly what is causing them. Officials will then apply to the UN's World Meteorological Organisation in Geneva to have the new cloud type considered for addition into the International Cloud Atlas, the system used by meteorologists across the globe. Professor Paul Hardaker, Chief Executive of the RMS, said: 'There would probably need to be quite a lot of heat around to produce the energy needed to generate such dramatic cloud formations. 'They are quite dark structures so there must be a lot of water vapour condensing in the cloud.'


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Skies over Scotland: This scene from Perthshire could help confirm the new 'Asperatus' classification


Source: Mail Online

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Post  Littlelamb Wed 12 Aug 2009, 5:42 pm

Awesome pictures. I believe this to be a SIGN:

'The underside of the clouds are quite rough and choppy. It
looks
very stormy, but some of the reports we have been getting suggest that
they tend to break up without actually turning into a storm.'



Job 26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. Job 26:9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Job 26:10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
Job 26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
Job 26:12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
Job 26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
Job 26:14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

Joel 2:30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood,
and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into
darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of
the LORD come.
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