There are three main types of lenticular clouds: altocumulus standing lenticular (ACSL), stratocumulus standing lenticular (SCSL), and cirrocumulus standing lenticular (CCSL), varying in ...

The peculiar cigar-shaped cloud is called an altocumulus standing lenticular cloud (ASLC) and is created when winds encounter ...

There are three main types of lenticular clouds: altocumulus standing lenticular (ACSL), stratocumulus standing lenticular (SCSL), and cirrocumulus standing lenticular (CCSL), varying in altitude ...

As air is blown over the mountain or hill it produces a standing-wave pattern, and these clouds form in the crest of the waves. When illuminated by the rising or setting sun, lenticular clouds ...

But they are formally called lenticular clouds, a name originating from a ... it can set up a train of large standing waves in the air downstream, rather like ripples forming in a river when ...