Lenticular clouds are stationary lens-shaped clouds that form at high altitudes, and are normally aligned perpendicular to the wind direction. Skip to main content. You have permission to ...

DENVER (CBS4) - Strong wind flowing across the northern mountains of Colorado helped create a few lenticular clouds in the sky west of Denver around sunrise on Tuesday. CBS4 Weather Watcher Ray ...

Lenticular clouds are stationary lens-shaped clouds that form at high altitudes, and are normally aligned perpendicular to the wind direction. Skip to main content. You have permission to edit ...

Standing tall at 11,250 feet, Mount Hood usually has the sky to itself. That wasn’t the case last week when, during an already-stunning sunrise, a giant lenticular cloud formed over the peak ...

They say the Altocumulus Standing Lenticular clouds (that's their official name) were seen just inland from the North Bay and over the western Central Valley this evening as the sun set. ...

The clouds do look like flying saucers, but they’re called altocumulus standing lenticular clouds, according to Cindy Palmer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Lenticular clouds — officially known as Altocumulus Standing Lenticular clouds and often resembling flying saucers — are formed when an “optimal flow” of fast moving, and roughly ...