Skygazers in northern parts of the UK have been reporting otherworldly goings on taking place overhead. What has been observed may look like flying saucers but they are actually lenticular clouds ...

These lenticular clouds were spotted over Clackmannanshire on Thursday afternoon The meteorological name for the clouds is altocumulus lenticularis. Lenticularis is Latin for lens-shaped ...

People along the Antrim coast woke up to unusual cloud formations on Friday, reminiscent of scenes from a science-fiction film. Lenticular clouds combined with the morning sunrise to create these ...

Residents in Larne woke up to the strange formations on Friday As the sun rose in Larne, the cone shape became clearer From the Latin word lenticularis meaning "lens-shaped", lenticular clouds are ...

Three different sub-categories of clouds all exist within the mid-level cloud umbrella: altocumulus (Ac), altostratus (As) and nimbostratus (Ns). As they are lower in altitude than the ones mentioned ...

Lenticular clouds, scientifically known as altocumulus lenticularis, are stationary, lens-shaped clouds that typically form at high altitudes in the atmosphere. They often have a striking ...