Greetings from Craig
These are recent views of Mount Rainier in Washington State, where I used to live. The 14,500 ft. Mt. Rainier puts on a show from time to time and anyone who has seen it peeking out around Seattle will appreciate these pictures. I know people were pulling over on the freeway to take pictures, driving the state police and ET crazy.
This signals that a dry streak is about to come to an end and the Seattle drizzle is about to restart.
Those are called "lenticular clouds" They're caused when the air flow is just right so when it flows over Mt. Rainier , the air gets pushed upward where it cools and condenses into clouds. Depending on how smooth the flow is, you can get some amazing clouds formations as we've seen so far today.
It's usually a sign of rain within 24 hours because typically the moist flow that precedes a storm around here is the perfect set up for these clouds.
This one is from a friend in Gig Harbor :
This signals that a dry streak is about to come to an end and the Seattle drizzle is about to restart.
Those are called "lenticular clouds" They're caused when the air flow is just right so when it flows over Mt. Rainier , the air gets pushed upward where it cools and condenses into clouds. Depending on how smooth the flow is, you can get some amazing clouds formations as we've seen so far today.
It's usually a sign of rain within 24 hours because typically the moist flow that precedes a storm around here is the perfect set up for these clouds.
This one is from a friend in Gig Harbor :
And one is a similar phenomenon over Mount St Helens :
A bit of natures' beauty!
