MOUNTAIN WEATHER

Prepared: Dr. Ahmet KILIÇ

OROGRAPHIC CLOUDS

 

HEADINGS

 

 

Orographic clouds, as the name implies, are produced by the flow of air interacting with mountainous terrain.

 

Cap Clouds form when air containing water vapor is uplifted on the windward slide of the slope and reaches saturation producing liquid water cloud droplets and a cloud which can "cap" the summit.

Lenticular clouds are lens-shaped clouds that can result from strong wind flow over rugged terrain.