Asperitas

Asperitas

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Description

Similar to Mammatus clouds - sinking, moisture laden clouds are carved into bizarre looking shapes carved by wind shear along the cloud base. Where the undulations are in bands, the prefix "undulatus" is used. Asperitas is a newly-classified cloud by WMO’s International Cloud Atlas, mainly because of its shape but also its inner dynamics.

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