The Weather Network – by Scott Sutherland
Thursday, March 23, 2017, 6:22 PM – Asperitus?! Flammagenitus?! Fluctus?! No, those aren’t new spells from the world of Harry Potter. They’re three of the dozen new cloud types added to the WMO Cloud Atlas, in its first update in over 30 years!
Cloud Atlas may be best known as a big-budget 2012 movie, staring Tom Hanks, but the International Cloud Atlas is a guide that every meteorologist in the world can turn to when looking at the clouds we see in the sky. Established in 1939 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and last updated in 1986, this invaluable resource has now been moved into the digital realm, so that it is available to us all, and it adds a dozen new cloud types – both naturally-occurring and human-caused – to its lexicon of weather terms. Continue reading “Cloud Atlas leaps into 21st century with 12 new cloud types”
