New name needed for lava-like clouds (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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I can't see Tom's link below (work internet server blocks "tinyurl"),
but the blogosphere has been discussing "asperatus" (based on Latin for
"rough") clouds since late May.

This name has been proposed by the Royal Meteorological Society of
England.

This page:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1189877/The-cloud-Meteoro
logists-campaign-classify-unique-Asperatus-clouds-seen-world.html

has some outstanding photographs.

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> Site below shows a strange cloud formation, different than the usual
> stratus, cirrus, cumulus types that are named so far.  So who gets to
> name that lava-like cloud formation
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> I suggest lavalus.
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> http://tinyurl.com/npmoem
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> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
> see truespel.com
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