Don't hurt the Unaltostratus 🦄 :(((

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ryannathans@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y (2 replies)

If you're on the ground at ~600m elevation how do you tell the difference between fog, mist and nimbostratus clouds? Or other clouds for that matter?

madjo@feddit.nl · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

If you're that high up, does it really matter? It's all water vapor that's making you wet

ryannathans@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y

Might as well not have cloud science then

Jakylla@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y

Petition to rename "Fog" into "Fogus"

Paradachshund@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

So does the "alto" and "cirrus" refer to the altitude?

Maalus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Alto yes, cirrus no. Cirrus is the shape

Paradachshund@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 1y

Ah OK. I saw cirrostratus and cirrocumulus and thought it was the same pattern as the altos