Video: Wild, undulating clouds roll over Nebraska

While "undulatus asperatus" might sound like an emperor in ancient Rome, or perhaps a lung disease, it's actually a type of cloud.

This cool time-lapse video of the cloud was created by animating still frames of a video taken by storm chaser Alex Schueth, who recorded the clouds over Lincoln, Neb., on July 7 according to the Weather Underground.

Like all cloud species, this one's named using the Latin classification system. So it's been dubbed "undulatus asperatus" — meaning "agitated waves" — and looks like a surreal undulating blanket that covers part or all of the sky.

Meteorologists and weather enthusiasts around the world are seeking to formally recognize this type of cloud, which would be the first "new" cloud variety discovered since 1951.

So who's, um, in charge of clouds, you ask? It's the folks at the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva who have the final say in cloud classification.

Spurred on by the Cloud Appreciation Society, a United Kingdom- based group, the WMO considered the request in 2009 and has yet to confirm the official classification or determine whether the cloud should enter the International Cloud Atlas, the Weather Underground reports.