While the above may look like waves in an ocean, they are actually clouds with a turbulent underside, but not
What Is This Cloud indicates this type of cloud has only been officially recognized since 2017 and very rare and described it as:
"The best way to describe these clouds would be if you jumped into the ocean wearing goggles, swam down 5 to 10 feet, and looked back towards the surface of the water. It’s still up in the air how asperitas clouds are formed, but they usually appear in an unstable atmosphere where shear is present. As a cloudspotter, note that they’re usually paired with the stratiformis cloud species. They’re sometimes confused with mammatus clouds (mamma cloud feature) since both cloud features appear to be sinking from the cloud base."It further indicates there are two types of these clouds:
- Altocumulus (Ac) - mid-altitude heaps of clouds
- Stratocumulus (Sc) - puffy low clouds.
Below is a video:
The very rare Asperitas Clouds look like ocean waves in the sky from r/gifs
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