My friend Scot Stewart shot the video and photo below on 2/13/2022. These types of “spaceship clouds” are called lenticular clouds. They can also be called standing wave clouds. They’re created and maintained by strong winds aloft over mountainous terrain. I’ve talked a lot about lenticular clouds in past mountain weather safety courses. Typically they […]
Lenticular Magic
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