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2024-06-13 13:57:24 UTC - HELPFUL
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This is a common and well understood cloud formation known as a "Buttermilk sky" or "Mackerel sky". It was described as early as the 1600s, when cloud formations were first classified. It is known in old proverbs and rhymes as a reliable forecaster of rain and wind. https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/mackerel-sky.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackerel_sky
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