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Offline yahtah

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what are those clouds?
« on: April 09, 2015, 11:18:49 PM »
So I'm overwhelmed by the names of the clouds in the pics. Is there a sticky for this somewhere? SunDogs, mammatus clouds, scud, or whatever? I've heard many more, but wonder if there is a place to search for a cloud I've seen, and perhaps call it by a common name?  :roll:
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Re: what are those clouds?
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2015, 11:39:13 PM »
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Re: what are those clouds?
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2015, 10:11:23 AM »
Yatah,

Wikipedia is of some help but I am horrible at misidentifying. 
I often find myself asking the experts at Community Cloud Atlas (FB).

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Re: what are those clouds?
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2015, 08:19:38 PM »
Thanks, bushman, excellent link!
I'll look into WiKipedia, too, Randall. I don't know why, but I never thought of them, even though I go there for many things.
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Re: what are those clouds?
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2015, 12:23:55 AM »
The Wiki link is this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cloud_types

Thanks, Randall.
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