Comments on: Interesting Clouds Formations http://www.desertweather.com/blog/interesting-clouds-formations.htm Weather related discussions for the Coachella Valley and surrounding areas Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:52:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Old Jim http://www.desertweather.com/blog/interesting-clouds-formations.htm#comment-179 Old Jim Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:52:36 +0000 http://www.desertweather.com/blog/interesting-clouds-formations.htm#comment-179 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. 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.

]]> By: John http://www.desertweather.com/blog/interesting-clouds-formations.htm#comment-178 John Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:16:58 +0000 http://www.desertweather.com/blog/interesting-clouds-formations.htm#comment-178 Thanks for that information Matt. Very interesting. Excellent Diagram, explains it perfectly! Thanks for that information Matt. Very interesting. Excellent Diagram, explains it perfectly!

]]> By: Matt http://www.desertweather.com/blog/interesting-clouds-formations.htm#comment-176 Matt Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:40:35 +0000 http://www.desertweather.com/blog/interesting-clouds-formations.htm#comment-176 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. <img src="http://weatherbus.com/graphics/forum/lentic.jpg" alt="Lenticular Clouds" /> 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 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.

Lenticular Clouds

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

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