Dramatic lenticular cloud formation over Harold's Cross, Dublin
Genus
Stratocumulus, altocumulus, cirrocumulus
Species
lenticularis (Latin: lentil)
Altitude
up to 12,000 m (40,000 ft)
Appearance
lens-like, Saucer-shaped
Precipitation
Virga only.
Lenticular clouds (Latin: Lenticularis lentil-shaped, from lenticula lentil) are stationary clouds that form mostly in the troposphere, typically in parallel alignment to the wind direction. They are often comparable in appearance to a lens or saucer. Nacreous clouds that form in the lower stratosphere sometimes have lenticular shapes.
There are three main types of lenticular clouds: altocumulus standing lenticular (ACSL), stratocumulus standing lenticular (SCSL), and cirrocumulus standing lenticular (CCSL), varying in altitude above the ground.
Lenticularclouds (Latin: Lenticularis lentil-shaped, from lenticula lentil) are stationary clouds that form mostly in the troposphere, typically in parallel...
Duplicatus clouds appear as stratocumulus clouds with two or more layers or sheets. Stratocumulus duplicatus is common on species lenticularis or lenticular cloud...
cap cloud is a special form of the lenticularcloud with a base low enough that it forms around and covers the peak, capping it. A chinook arch cloud is...
presence of lee waves. A pileus or cap cloud, similar to a lenticularcloud, may form above the mountain or cumulus cloud generating the wave. Adiabatic compression...
genitus mother cloud. Altocumulus lenticularis (Ac len lenticularcloud) is a lens-shaped middle cloud which can resemble flying saucers and may occasionally...
altocumulus, cirrocumulus, lenticular, and cirrus clouds. They sometimes appear as bands parallel to the edge of the clouds. Iridescence is also seen in...
also form wave clouds. This occurs as the convection forces a wave or lenticular wave cloud into the more stable air above. Wave clouds are typically mid-...
half the sky) cloud layer with its base at 2,200 ft (670 m) above ground level (AGL). The lowest "BKN" or "OVC" layer specifies the cloud ceiling. OVC050...
Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena. Retrieved 7 January 2013. "Lenticularcloud UFOs". UFO Mistakes. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved...
product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle...
stratospheric cloud (mother of pearl) Sometimes known as type 2, a thin usually cirriform or lenticular (stratocumuliform) looking cloud based from about...
than lenticular cap clouds form. However, if the air becomes sufficiently moist and unstable, orographic showers or thunderstorms may appear. Clouds formed...
of clouds), and atmospheric phenomena such as clouds, dust and fog (including unusual cloud formations such as lenticularclouds, noctilucent clouds, rainbow...
proximity of Mount Shasta and are speculated in local legends to be lenticularclouds hiding Lemurian motherships visiting the hidden city of Telos. Big...
iridescence. It is a type of lenticularcloud. Altocumulus lenticularis Cirrocumulus lenticularis "Stratocumulus clouds". Met Office. Retrieved 2021-11-19...
The Moazagotl is an orographic lenticularcloud formed by the Foehn wind on the northern (lee) side of the Giant Mountains in Silesia (Poland, the Czech...
irregular galaxies: M82, NGC 1427A, Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud. Elliptical and lenticular galaxies are commonly referred to together as "early-type"...
hypoxia.: 149 This lift is often marked by long, stationary lenticular (lens-shaped) clouds lying perpendicular to the wind. Wave lift was used to set...
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areas of lift and sink. The top of each wave peak is often marked by lenticularcloud formations. Convergence Another form of lift results from the convergence...
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Dunes Great Sand Dunes and Cleveland Peak Cleveland Peak at sunset Lenticularcloud over Cleveland Peak at sunset Cleveland Peak centered and the Crestones...
Michael Pidwirny (2008). CHAPTER 8: Introduction to the Hydrosphere (e). Cloud Formation Processes. Physical Geography. Retrieved on 2009-01-01. Paul E...
flow patterns and turbulence, such as rotors, which can be topped by lenticularclouds. Strong updrafts, downdrafts, and eddies develop as the air flows...