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My family and I watched these very unusual cloud formations and then decided to take a picture of them and send them to you to ask you what they were or why they looked that way. We live in Clinton and we took these pictures around 5:30pm looking West toward the Great Salt Lake. Please let us know what they are
Thank you.
Greg R.
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We got a few inquiries about these special cloud. They are a type of midlevel cloud so they fall in the altocumulus category.
We're trying to decide which ones they fall into. They are either Altocumulus Undulatus clouds which are made from wind shear (wind changing direction or speed with height). That would go along with the forecast conditions that night. They could also be Altocumulus Lenticular Radiatus! HEY NOW! That's way too many cloud names! Lenticular clouds though are typically more smooth so I'm not sold on that one. The Undulatus is your best bet.
Undulatus clouds from what it appears usually are closer together, these ones are more spread apart from eachother.
Answered by KSL Meteorologist Dina Freedman.
