Clouds resembling rippling ocean waves rolled into the skies around Boston on Tuesday, captivating curious onlookers and delighting meteorologists. Asperitas clouds, the rare formations seen in the ...
On Friday, the skies over parts of B.C.'s South Coast became dark and eerie with strange-looking clouds, but they didn't cause any weather issues. So, what were they? Asperitas clouds, which weren’t ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — WGRZ and Storm Team 2 received several viewer photos of widespread, wavy clouds that were over parts of Western New York Tuesday. Those were "Asperitas" clouds. As defined in the World ...
These “wavy” clouds are known in the meteorology world as asperitas, Latin for “roughness”, and it is a fitting descriptor of the clouds that develop in a turbulent environment. These clouds were ...
Several of us woke up Wednesday morning to a sky full of waves, including Ramona Edwards and Donna Prickett. These “wavy” clouds are known in the meteorology world as asperitas, Latin for “roughness”, ...
The world's cloud authority, having not classified a new cloud in three decades, arose Thursday to name about a dozen new types, including a rolling, slalom-like form known to blanket the Iowa sky.
A rare formation called asperitas clouds appeared over the Santa Barbara Channel in Southern California on Nov. 15. NPS Emily Zivot Channel Islands National Park A rare, wave-like cloud formation ...
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — People waking up on the Space Coast Wednesday morning were treated to a special sight in the sky. The U.S. National Weather Service – Melbourne posted photos taken by off-duty ...
Quite a few Iowans spotted ominous, swirling cloud formations Thursday evening as storms moved through the state.These dramatic clouds are called "asperitas."Asperitas are well-defined, undulating ...
NEW ORLEANS — Did you see the oddly-shaped and menacing clouds over southeast Louisiana Saturday late afternoon? WWL-TV's Meteorologist Alexandra Cranford said they are called Asperitas clouds and ...