Terry Lake Lenticular Clouds

Referred by: Marilyn Hunt,

Marilyn Hunt Photography
Summary authors & editors: Marilyn Hunt

The photo above showing an array of attention-getting lenticular clouds was taken in April of 2005 from the Terry Lake Open Space in Boulder County, Colorado. Though lenticular clouds aren't uncommon above the lee slopes of the Rockies, these wave clouds were extraordinary. Lens-shaped lenticular clouds can form when wherever stable, moist air flows over a mountain range -- moist air is cooled to the dewpoint as it's forced upward. They tend to remain stationary with respect to the underlying terrain.

Related Links:

• Marilyn's Web Site
• Cloud Classification
• Animation of Lenticular Cloud Formation