June 15, 2009: Asperatus

xoxoxoBruce · 06-15-2009, 12:02 AM

I'm sure you know that different types of clouds have official names like cumulus, stratus, cirrus, and nimbus.
I think we discussed the mammatus clouds, that look like mammaries, here before.

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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. And 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'.

I think is an excellent idea... have as many different types of clouds defined and named as possible.
That way Scholars, Scientists, Meteorologists and Weather(wo)men, can communicate sightings and their consequences.

I say old chap, did you see the Asperatus formations last evening?
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Yo dude, didja see them fuckin' clouds lasnite?

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Skunks · 06-15-2009, 12:47 AM

I only have one problem with that name.

capnhowdy · 06-15-2009, 08:20 AM

We'd freak out if we saw clouds like that in my neighborhood. For clouds that rarely produce storms, they sure look scary as hell.

lumberjim · 06-15-2009, 08:34 AM

makes me want to lie down on my back and look up at em.

nil_orally · 06-15-2009, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

makes me want to lie down on my back and look up at em.

I read the words, but heard my girlfriend's voice.

Trilby · 06-15-2009, 08:35 AM

I thought this was about asparagus, too.

that first cloud looks like god is frowning down on that village, getting ready to smite it and smite it good.

sweetwater · 06-15-2009, 10:13 AM

Asperatus sounds like a star machine or a bronchitis medicine. Snowdonia sounds more impressive, and we can pretend it means "clouds forming stalactites way up there".

Undertoad · 06-15-2009, 10:23 AM

Asperatus... wasn't he that user from PD who tried to troll us?

classicman · 06-15-2009, 11:17 AM

no UT - that was Asparagus

Shawnee123 · 06-15-2009, 12:04 PM

Don't be castin' asparagus, I mean aspersions, at Asperatus.

Gravdigr · 06-15-2009, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Don't be castin' asparagus, I mean aspersions, at Asperatus.

I cast asparagus just as far away as I can...

Shawnee123 · 06-15-2009, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

I cast asparagus just as far away as I can...

Me too! BLECHHHHHHHHHHHHH

And brussels sprouts, and cauli-whatsit, and broccoli, and cabbage, and and and...

spudcon · 06-15-2009, 01:40 PM

LJ, You captured my view of clouds perfectly.

Stormieweather · 06-15-2009, 02:28 PM

Yum Asparagus! Love those clouds too, but without the Asparagus superimposed on them. Those can go on my plate.

capnhowdy · 06-15-2009, 03:42 PM

The funnel cloud thingie right behind the boob looks like a wicked pig snout.

06-15-2009, 08:20 AM	#3
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	We'd freak out if we saw clouds like that in my neighborhood. For clouds that rarely produce storms, they sure look scary as hell. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

06-15-2009, 08:34 AM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	makes me want to lie down on my back and look up at em. Attached Images __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-15-2009, 08:35 AM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I thought this was about asparagus, too. that first cloud looks like god is frowning down on that village, getting ready to smite it and smite it good. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

06-15-2009, 10:13 AM	#7
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	Asperatus sounds like a star machine or a bronchitis medicine. Snowdonia sounds more impressive, and we can pretend it means "clouds forming stalactites way up there". __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

06-15-2009, 11:17 AM	#9
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	no UT - that was Asparagus __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-15-2009, 12:47 AM	#2
Skunks I thought I changed this. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: western nowhere, ny Posts: 412	I only have one problem with that name.

06-15-2009, 10:23 AM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Asperatus... wasn't he that user from PD who tried to troll us?

06-15-2009, 12:04 PM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Don't be castin' asparagus, I mean aspersions, at Asperatus. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-15-2009, 01:40 PM	#13
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	LJ, You captured my view of clouds perfectly. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

06-15-2009, 02:28 PM	#14
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	Yum Asparagus! Love those clouds too, but without the Asparagus superimposed on them. Those can go on my plate. __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

06-15-2009, 03:42 PM	#15
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	The funnel cloud thingie right behind the boob looks like a wicked pig snout. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

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