What type of clouds are these?

[Nerja]

Can anyone tell me what type of clouds these are and how they form? They often appear above the mountains here in southern Spain looking like UFOs.

TIA

[Steve C]

Lenticular, I think

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_cloud

[Nerja]

Lenticular, I think

http://en.wikipedia....enticular_cloud

Thanks Steve. That wikipedia link actually mentions UFOs, so definitely the right things. We often get them at this time of year and they can be spectacular.

Here are some more from December:

[mike Meehan]

Alto cumulus Lenticularis

[Pixel]

Lenticular, I think

http://en.wikipedia....enticular_cloud

also:

http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/

great source of info about clouds... and if you join the society you get a badge

[Steve C]

Thanks Steve. That wikipedia link actually mentions UFOs, so definitely the right things. We often get them at this time of year and they can be spectacular.

Here are some more from December:

Nice pics.

Welcome to the forum too.

[Nerja]

also:

http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/

great source of info about clouds... and if you join the society you get a badge

A badge! Fantastic.

Nice pics.

Welcome to the forum too.

Thanks all and thanks for the welcome too.

[hillbilly]

Can anyone tell me what type of clouds these are and how they form? They often appear above the mountains here in southern Spain looking like UFOs.

TIA

they are ufo like because they are artificial clouds generated by the ufos inside the cloud !

[Bobby]

Nice pics, we get plenty of those lenticular clouds here as well due to the mountains. Some impressive ones can be seen over the Brecon Beacons in the right conditions.

[Evening thunder]

Ah I thought I recognised those mountains then saw the link on the picture and your username - I stayed in Nerja on a uni field trip in January, and on the day before we left I saw some quite interesting ones in the morning