Lenticular clouds above the Big Island

[TomK]

You can see a time-lapse movie of the whole night via the Cloudcam site. Note that fog came in late and lasted until near the end of the night, so you can't see anything then, but the lenticular clouds are certainly visible at the start and end of the night.

http://cfht.hawaii.edu/en/gallery/cloudc...pts=movies

Click on "Nov19-2017".

PS. What's interesting is that the video suggests lightning was created by the lenticular clouds last night. I've never seen that before. I've dropped a line to the Mauna Kea Weather Center researchers to see if they have anything to say. I'll pass on anything I hear.

[TomK]

Lenticular clouds have been forming just east of Mauna Kea throughout the day (Weds 31st Jan) and should continue into the evening:

http://cfht.hawaii.edu/en/gallery/timela...0180131-c3&cam=c3

http://cfht.hawaii.edu/en/gallery/cloudcams/ (should start operating at 6:30pm)

[TomK]

There's a chance of lenticular clouds forming just east of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea tonight (3/4 May 2019), early tomorrow morning and over the weekend. They tend to form during the second half of the night and into the early daylight hours if anyone wants to look for them. I don't think conditions are good enough for spectacular clouds, but winds are certainly high enough (MK summit winds are currently 70 gusting to 80 mph) and forecast to increase. The mid-to-upper levels are conducive to cloud formation so think the chances are reasonable we might see some.

[TomK]

Getting up to 100 mph winds tonight and the forecast is for strengthening winds. Could be an interesting weekend on MK.