Good Morning -

Nice photos! Thanks for sharing!

The clouds above are nice examples of Lenticular clouds. They are formed from winds coming up a mountain, resulting in the temperature reaching the dew point, since air (normally) cools at is rises, resulting in a cloud. Then, since air has some inertia with it, when it comes down the leeward side of the mountain, it creates “waves” of air. As the air goes back up each wave, the temperature can reach the dew point again, forming another cloud. Below is a little diagram I created, so you can see this process. The black line is the wind going from left to right.

You can see this quite nicely in the first photo posted above, as four distinct areas of lenticular clouds, that are fairly evenly spaced can be seen. Also, they tend to stay in the same location because the “wave” generally stays in the same location.

Matt

I also thank you Matt. I had seen the phenomenon over the Pine Nut Mountains outside of Carson City NV but never had an explanation untill now.

Good Photos John.