Called BS on that "lenticular clouds mean rain" thing for years

Kept seeing people post those saucer shaped clouds and claim a storm was coming, figured it was just an old wives tale. Then I watched one form over the mountains near my house and got dumped on exactly 4 hours later three times in a row last spring. Anyone else have a cloud myth they swore was bogus until it proved them wrong?

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jordanr892mo ago

Did you start timing rain forecasts based on those clouds?

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blairf482mo ago

Oh man, that "based on those clouds" part got me lol. I literally do the same thing now every time I'm outside. I started paying attention to those flat gray clouds that look like someone smeared concrete across the sky, and sure enough, rain shows up within like 2-3 hours almost every time. There's this specific kind of mottled cloud cover that I swear is a dead giveaway for afternoon storms in my area. I've gotten to the point where I can call it out to my wife like "watch, it'll rain by 4pm" and she just rolls her eyes but I'm right like 80% of the time lol. It's honestly kind of addicting once you start noticing the patterns, you can't unsee them.

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