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5 February 2009
Flying Saucer Clouds
Ask most Meteorologists (including me) what their favorite cloud is, and you will probably get the same answer Lennys. That’s slang term for ALTO CUMULUS STANDING LENTICULARIS Imagine a blob of air riding along in the wind. Suddenly, you run into a big mountain. As the air stream you are in, rides over the mountain, the pressure drops and so does the temperature. If it gets cold enough, the moisture …