Read more from the meteorologists on the Whatever the Weather pageĭownload KSAT's weather app for customized, accurate forecasts in San Antonio, South Texas or wherever you areįind the latest forecasts, radar and alerts on the KSAT Weather Authority pageĬopyright 2023 by KSAT - All rights reserved. They are fairly rare, so it’s no surprise we received quite a few pictures of the phenomenon. Interactive weather map allows you to pan and zoom to get unmatched weather details in your. According to the latest outlook, San Antonio has about a 50 chance of above-average precipitation during meteorological winter, which runs from December to February. They represent turbulence or instability higher in the atmosphere, while stable air exists below. Interactive weather map allows you to pan and zoom to get unmatched weather details in your. In other words, they look like waves in the ocean built into the bottom side of a cloud. Varying levels of illumination and thickness of the cloud can lead to dramatic visual effects. Asperitas is characterized by localized waves in the cloud base, either smooth or dappled with smaller features, sometimes descending into sharp points, as if viewing a roughened sea surface from below. Well-defined, wave-like structures in the underside of the cloud more chaotic and with less horizontal organization than the variety undulatus. The International Cloud Atlas describes the cloud like this: That makes it the first cloud added to the list since 1951! So, it’s a relatively new classification.

The Latin to English translation here is “roughness.” Interesting thing about this cloud is that it was added to the International Cloud Atlas in 2017. So what are we looking at? These kinds of clouds are called asperitas (formally known as undulatus asperatus).

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