ATLANTA — Metro Atlanta residents woke to an unusual cloud pattern Tuesday morning as rain showers passed over north Georgia.
Severe Weather Team 2 meteorologist David Chandley said the clouds are known as undulates asperatus, which is Latin for "turbulent undulations."
"What happens is you are looking at the clouds like you'd be looking at the ocean from the bottom up, so you're seeing the wave patterns," Chandley said. "It's more common in the Midwest but it does happen here in the South."
The Cloud Appreciation Society is pushing for their own cloud designation and they petitioned the World Meteorological Organization to have the clouds named. It would be the first new clouds since 1951, according to Chandley.
The clouds form at about 5,000 to 6,000 feet.
Chandley said scattered rain showers will taper off through the day with temperatures reaching 60 degrees.
Temperatures will fall as the front moves through with low temperatures near freezing on Wednesday and a small chance of a wintry mix in far north Georgia Wednesday morning.
Temperatures will be even colder on Thursday with temperatures in the 20s, but they should rebound slightly by the weekend.
Stay with Severe Weather Team 2 for updated forecasts on the changing weather throughout the week.
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