Cloud Appreciation Society
British organization, founded 2005
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The Cloud Appreciation Society is a society founded by Gavin Pretor-Pinney from the United Kingdom in January 2005. The society aims to foster understanding and appreciation of clouds, and has over 60,000 members from 120 countries, as of September 2023[update].
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| Formation | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Gavin Pretor-Pinney |
| Type | Fan club |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
| Location | Global |
| Members | 60 thousand |
Official language | English |
Publication | The Cloudspotter's Guide |
| Website | cloudappreciationsociety |
Yahoo! named the society's website as "the most weird and wonderful find on the internet for 2005".[1] The group and its founder were the focus of a BBC documentary Cloudspotting, based on Pretor-Pinney's book The Cloudspotter's Guide.[2] During a 2017 episode of Taskmaster, comedian Hugh Dennis revealed he is a member of the society.[3]
In 2017, the Cloud Appreciation Society was credited with adding the Asperitas classification of cloud to the World Meteorological Organization's International Cloud Atlas.[4]
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