“BUMPIES”
I don’t know what else you would call these except “Bumpies”…
I’m sure they have some scientific name…..anybody? Jump right in
with your fabulous knowledge…if you don’t know but want to make something
up…well just muscle your way to the front of the crowd and shout it out!
We won’t laugh, I promise…although if you DO make us laugh…I’ll send you
a squirrel…or maybe a Bluejay. Never mind….El Guapo has discovered the name for these….Mammatus (WMO term mamma) – breast cloud – round pouches on under-surface of cloud.
Well…..hmmmmmmmmm….don’t quite no what to say ……..think I’ll say nothing….
“BUMPIES”? “LUMPIES”?
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HAHAHA I love these clouds! We get a lot of clouds that look like that up here
July 5, 2012 at 5:29 pm
Really!! They’re amazing!
July 5, 2012 at 6:58 pm
Bumpilogous scientificus.
LOL I like the name bumpies anyway
Awesome picture!
Edwin
July 5, 2012 at 12:15 am
Thank you! I thought it would make it simpler for people to identify them in future…
July 11, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Great picture! I love clouds. I don’t care what you call them!
July 4, 2012 at 12:12 pm
I do TOO! If I could go on a “storm chasing” tour, I think it would be SO amazing…but I don’t want to die early….
July 4, 2012 at 12:36 pm
I’ll go with Lumpies
July 4, 2012 at 8:14 am
How did I miss your comment??? Lumpies is good, it makes me think of mashed potatoes..
July 11, 2012 at 3:32 pm
My seven year old son saw this photo and said … “what’s that?”
I replied “clouds”
He said ” no…BOOBIES!” and ran away in a fit of giggles… does that make them (un)officially Boobies?
me… I LOVe the angles bottoms theory… (does that mean they are mooning us though?)
July 4, 2012 at 6:57 am
LOL, LOL, LOL!!!!!!! Sorry I missed this comment earlier…yes, in honor of your son,,they can unofficially be “booby” clouds.
July 11, 2012 at 3:34 pm
As an expert at “got nothing else to do”… it is called the Mammatus or “breast cloud” no wonder the men pilots like to fly just below them… but beware if it develops a -altocumulus stratiformis translucidus lacunosus which is a “big hole” because anything can fall through there… and if its a certain type of hole… well lets say no more…
all I can say is what another blogger said… bird shit is abstract art… what falls through that hole will be more than abstract art…
July 4, 2012 at 3:16 am
O.K. Rob…you lost me at lacunosus..are we talking tornado land??
July 4, 2012 at 3:21 am
You don’t think I’m an expert do you? all I know is that type cloud is associated with hail…. the hole bit I got off the Internet… meant to give you a laugh…
July 4, 2012 at 3:25 am
Ha! I think I must be overly tired….I’m believing your expert pronouncements…you’re very convincing you know…have to remember that and be on my guard…I think it’s also a lack of chocolate..so this could get worse,,,I’m trying to go cold turkey…
July 4, 2012 at 3:40 am
stay off the turkey it could be genetically modified, go back to chocolate….
July 4, 2012 at 3:42 am
LOL! Truer words were never spoken…Off to bed I go…:)
July 4, 2012 at 4:11 am
A great sky full of downy Cumulus I think
Aussie Ian
July 4, 2012 at 2:46 am
Isn’t it something?
July 4, 2012 at 3:12 am
You’ve said enough, young lady… Great capture!
July 4, 2012 at 12:28 am
LOL! (giggle)
July 4, 2012 at 1:18 am
They are moguls. (It’s colder up there).
July 3, 2012 at 10:53 pm
A mogul…..hmmmmmmmm
July 3, 2012 at 11:19 pm
I found bumpies, too, a while ago. They are almost classified as Asperatus
http://dezradespain.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/ocean-of-clouds/
Read the Update at the end of the post and it will give you some technical jargon.
July 3, 2012 at 9:55 pm
I think we have a “combo” cloud here…a Asperatus for sure and some “Mammatus” clouds that El Guapo found on Wikipedia…This followed the 91 mile an hour “Derecho”…
they say it means “straight” in Spanish…and these fast winds are convectively induced when there is a “straight-line” windstorm…They are calling this a Super Derecho..lucky us.
July 3, 2012 at 10:13 pm
Not sure how you can get straighter than straight!!! Super straight? Instead of sorta straight? Is Sorta Straight even possible? Hmmm.
July 3, 2012 at 10:33 pm
I wish I was as wise as all of the “experts”, do they even realize what they’re saying sometimes?
July 3, 2012 at 10:47 pm
Really Sis…didn’t you see what it is… these are simply all the butts of the angels sitting on the clouds…and for one reason or another the clouds weren’t strong enough that day and the butts are just fallen through
July 3, 2012 at 9:53 pm
hahahahahahahahahahahaha…lol! lol!lol!lol!…you are SO silly!!!!
July 3, 2012 at 9:54 pm
aaah well…sometimes my imagination is doing some overtime haha
July 3, 2012 at 10:28 pm
I think bumpies is a perfect name
July 3, 2012 at 9:27 pm
Thank you
July 3, 2012 at 9:28 pm
This whole thing is so funny except the bad cloud part. I like bumpies. Or maybe even bumples … bumpy pimples. Oh, good grief, I have to go now.
July 3, 2012 at 9:13 pm
HaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…I always pull you right in to the madness don’t I? It’s a gift.
July 3, 2012 at 10:16 pm
Yes, you do and I don’t get sucked in easily – LOL!
July 3, 2012 at 11:18 pm
Hahahahaha!
July 3, 2012 at 11:19 pm
It looks a bit like the “mackerel” or “buttermilk” sky but more thick and gray.
July 3, 2012 at 9:02 pm
I’ve never heard of “mackerel” or “buttermilk” clouds!
July 3, 2012 at 10:17 pm
I don’t know what the clouds are called technically, but I love what the comments are calling them. A good giggle is always a good thing. But my husband, who is a Prairie boy says they are Stratocumulus (lumpy, layered clouds)Virginia
July 3, 2012 at 8:33 pm
Ask him what he thinks about El Guapos research.
July 3, 2012 at 8:36 pm
Husband thinks El Guapo has a good sense of humour, or else Wikipedia has finally developed one.
July 3, 2012 at 11:05 pm
LOL!!!
July 3, 2012 at 11:15 pm
The closest thing I can find in the Peterson “Atmosphere” book appears to be “Altocumulus” which are formed by ascending and sinking air but they indicate that there should be well marked clouds with clear space. I don’t see any clear space in your photo… It may be a stage of cumulus??? If they were close to the earth I’d go with “cumulus” if they were mid-high it might be part of a stratocumulous, and if they were high from the earth I’d tend to think they were a altocumulus in some sort of changing …
July 3, 2012 at 8:24 pm
I’m liking your research better than El Guapo’s.
July 3, 2012 at 8:37 pm
From the geniuses of Wikipedia (seriously, where would we be with out them?)
“Mammatus (WMO term mamma) – breast cloud – round pouches on under-surface of cloud.”
BOOBIE CLOUDS!!!
(Sheesh, I’m such a twelve year old sometimes.)
July 3, 2012 at 8:17 pm
O.K……..I JUST BURST OUT LAUGHING!!
Again, I am speechless…almost,,is this for real from Wikipedia?
July 3, 2012 at 8:27 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cloud_types
In the Contents section, go to 6.1 (WMO Terms). The pic on the right best resembles the pic you posted.
And yes, I’m sorry it didn’t occur to me to make that up.
July 3, 2012 at 8:31 pm
Hahahahahahahahahaha…looking it up…do you work for wikipedia…this just sounds like you
July 3, 2012 at 8:33 pm
I’m liking bumpies….but then again they could be “clumpies” (combo of bumpies and cloudies)…..or maybe “puffies”…….oh heck – whatever they are they’re very interesting!!
Pam and Sam
July 3, 2012 at 8:13 pm
I do know they’re consider a “bad” cloud..but that’s kind of obvious isn’t it?
July 3, 2012 at 8:16 pm