And when there are multiple layers of dry and wet layers you can get a series of lenticular clouds “stacked” on top of each other – called a stacked lenticular.

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - The second installment of Cloud of the Month covers a cloud we don’t typically see here in the Brazos Valley - the lenticular cloud! In fact, to see lenticular clouds, we have to ...

MT. HOOD MEADOWS, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon’s latest cold front and strong winds helped simultaneously form a cap cloud and lenticular cloud over the peak of Mt. Hood on Tuesday.

A UFO-shaped lenticular cloud stunned onlookers in Lianyungang, China, but forecasters say it was likely a result of the ...

Not surprisingly, the state of California has a lot of lenticular clouds due to its rapidly changing landscape from deep valleys to tall mountains. This classification of cloud has been featured ...

Lenticular cloud have a resemblance to so called flying saucers thought to be UFOs.© ktsdesign - stock.adobe.com Lenticular clouds often fool people into thinking they have seen a UFO.© karnizz ...

Lenticular clouds are common at Pacific Northwest volcanoes, like Mt. Shasta, Hakim said. These high peaks have strong winds and tower above their surroundings, providing enough lift to form the cloud ...

Lenticular clouds can form in a stable atmosphere when wind blows moisture-rich air up and over a mountain. As the air moves up, it cools to a point where it condenses and forms a cloud.

After all, they’re pretty alien compared to our normal, fluffy cumulus clouds. A lenticular cloud over Beijing in 2021. Photo: Song Yu/VCG (Getty Images) ...

These one-of-a-kind Lenticular clouds have fooled the best of ’em over the years — including an airborne pilot who saw the disk-shaped object by Mount Rainier of Washington in 1947.

Luckily for photographer Francisco Negroni, a lenticular cloud materialized over Villarrica when it was at its most dramatic for this award-winning shot. After the volcano entered a period of ...