Hi Frank,
I took the picture while walking my dog here in Alicante. The city is
basically surrounded by mountains (the nearest ones are 15-20 km away)
and of course the sea on one side. The mountains are not very tall, up
to 1300 m but tall enough to create a very nice microclimate, as they
seem to hold back much of the bad weather in the winter.
Cheers,
Nathan
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On Jan 28, 2009, at 9:54 PM, Frank van Lindert wrote:
> It looks like altocumulus lenticularis, but it is rather deep indeed.
> An example:
> http://www.ems.psu.edu/~lno/Meteo437/clouds/Aclenticularis.jpg
>
> Where was the picture taken, was it near a mountain range?
> In that case it could also be an orographic wave cloud.
>
> Have a look here:
> http://www.atmos.washington.edu/Atlas/oro.html
>
> and this picture (photograph ??) looks much like Nathan's:
> http://www.atmos.washington.edu/Atlas/phot_oro01.html
>
> Frank van Lindert
> Utrecht NL.
>
>
> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:07:38 +0000, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> I thought that, but it's quite deep for a lenticular cloud. I also
>> thought perhaps an altocumulus, tending towards an anvil shape.
>>
>> But really, I don't think that it's any particular name but perhaps a
>> combination of types.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 28 Jan 2009, at 11:15, Brian Swale wrote:
>>
>>> Chuck wrote
>>>
>>>> Ah, very pretty. I'm sure there's a name for such a cloud shape
>>>> but I
>>>> don't know what it is.
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>
>>>> Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>>>> Yesterday afternoon, while walking the dog, the sun was setting
>>>>> and
>>>>> cloud formations were all over the place:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#462651393_R45LD-O-LB
>>>>>
>>>>> The only function of those clouds was to provide nice colour and
>>>>> light
>>>>> for my picture; no rain resulted.
>>>
>>> Lenticular clouds, AFAIK
>>>
>>> Brian Swale.
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