Lenticular clouds east of the Sierra Nevada (pic)

[Jeff Wear]

Bill Mudd gave me permission to post this picture he took of a spectacular lenticular cloud on the lee side of the Sierra Nevada......

 

[Tony Laubach]

Nifty! We got some pretty wicked ones here in Colorado, too! I'll have to be more apt about carrying my digital camera around so I can snap away on a few of those!

 

[Joey Ketcham]

Here are some I took in Flagstaff Az back in 2001.

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[B Ozanne]

Those are cool. We get some great spaceships over Mount Washington preceeding storms. I know that lenticulars are not always a sign of a storm, but on MWN they are about 90% of the time.

What's even cooler is when we are in the cap cloud. Sometimes it just a few hundred feet above the observatory and you can see the smooth underside draped over the mountain. Most of the time there is just a thin cap over the summit. Going to the top of our tower can get you above the cloud while the weather room is down in the fog.

 

[Steven Williams]

We get alot of wave clouds in New Zealand. I took this snap may years ago of cirriform lenticularis. Altocumulus lenticularis is very common.
Nice clouds, particualrly at sunset or sun rise.

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[Mike Kruze]

Here's one I took back in February 2003 from a plane over Nevada. Looked like spaceships hovering over the desert.

 

[Laura Duchesne]

I've seen altocumulus lenticularis clouds here in Ontario.

4th photo down.... http://free.angeltowns.com/laurawx/photos3.html

 

[Joel Wright]

Very cool pictures! :shock: