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Hot take: People keep calling every kind of cloud a 'nimbus' and it drives me nuts
I was at a BBQ last Saturday and my buddy pointed at a flat gray sky and said 'look at those nimbus clouds.' Actually those were stratus clouds. Nimbus means rain-bearing, so a nimbostratus is a rain cloud that's flat and layered. I started noticing people mix this up all the time online and in real life. Has anyone else had to correct a friend on cloud types or am I just being too picky?
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lee_ward541d ago
Stratus sounds like a fancy yoga pose I can't do.
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