"In Yorkshire they're caused by smug clouds of self-satisfaction mingling with the hot steam rising from the chips on their shoulders."
This sounds like a more local explanation. On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 3:50 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Joseph McAllister >> Subject: Re: Lenticular clouds over Yorkshire >> >> Mount Rainier creates several almost every day. Sometimes it will wear >> a cap for many days. It's an air compression humidity thing. They are >> formed by strong updrafts acting upon moist air at lower altitudes, >> causing the air to cool to its dew point as it reaches the mountaintop >> where it wraps around it . The cooled air then falls into the warmer >> air and the condensed moisture dissipates (disappears). >> >> I think... >> > > In Yorkshire they're caused by smug clouds of self-satisfaction mingling > with the hot steam rising from the chips on their shoulders. > > B > >> On Dec 23, 2011, at 13:54 , steve harley wrote: >> >> > on 2011-12-22 15:08 Cotty wrote >> >> V cool! >> >> >> >> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-16302606> >> > >> > these are fairly common in the Colorado front range, especially in >> Boulder where i lived for some time; i understand they form as a result >> of a standing wave in the atmosphere; the examples on the BBC page are >> very fine and more multi-layered than we are used to seeing >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
