lenticular clouds

Garden Carpet · #1 (**permalink**) 22-09-2006, 07:52 PM

I have been looking at the pics on these sites... a friend just sent them to me so I thought I would share them with you all.

Lenticular Clouds - Crystalinks
valuca
Lenticular Cloud over Mount Rainier

Jaki

glsammy · #2 (**permalink**) 22-09-2006, 08:34 PM

Amazing images, thanks for the link!

honeybee · #3 (**permalink**) 22-09-2006, 08:36 PM

Beautiful

Alan · #4 (**permalink**) 22-09-2006, 08:41 PM

Wo some look like nuclear explosions! Good images.

olly_k · #5 (**permalink**) 22-09-2006, 09:36 PM

Wow, it sort of explains the ancient references to ufos doesn't it?

Garden Carpet · #6 (**permalink**) 23-09-2006, 10:39 AM

Certainly does Olly_K.. welcome to WAB.. it is a lovely place... with great people

Jaki

Owl-Light · #7 (**permalink**) 23-09-2006, 12:58 PM

Very cool Jaki, thanks for sharing them. Amazing clouds!

My favs are Mammatus Clouds. Shame we don't get them in the UK, they are said to preceed hurricans in the US. Have a look at some amazing pics on Jorn Olsen's website - just keep clicking "Next"

Jorn Olsen Photography

This one is the classic shot http://www.jornolsen.com/mammatus/im...ege%20view.jpg

bugbotherer · #8 (**permalink**) 23-09-2006, 06:20 PM

Pre digicam days I saw something very similar to lenticular clouds over the hills near Bantry Bay Ireland. I've also seen those bubbly clouds in the UK and they were associated with mini-tornados (Leek and Alsager). Keep looking we must be able to gat a UK pic

Garden Carpet · #9 (**permalink**) 23-09-2006, 07:12 PM

I think I heard that the UK gets more tornados per square mile than the States do.. they just arent so big or bothersome. It seems to me that they are becoming more frequent and larger... or is that just because we are more aware of them. Can anyone confirm this informantion please?

henrya · #10 (**permalink**) 25-09-2006, 12:33 PM

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My favs are Mammatus Clouds. Shame we don't get them in the UK,
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As others have suggested, we do sometimes get mammatus clouds in the UK, but I must admit I've never seen one. Someone from work posted one on our intranet a couple of years ago.

henrya

Owl-Light · #11 (**permalink**) 30-09-2006, 10:35 AM

This site might interest cloud fans. It's the Cloud Appreciation Society.

Bowdie (my other half) was sweet enough to bring home one of their books for me, The Cloud Spotters Guide. Acccustomed to colourful illustrations I was a bit perturbed to find most of them in black and white, it kinda has the feel of a book written in the 40's somehow. But I've started reading it now and its captivating, very entertainingly written and full of info.