Lenticular clouds formed over coastal city Keelung Saturday morning, indicating high chance of rain

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/06/22
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Shortly after 9:00 a.m. on Saturday (June 22) people around Keelung in northern Taiwan began to notice a spectacular cloud formation in the sky just over the city.

The swirling clouds took on the shape of low swirling orb in the sky, and many speculating some kind of unidentified flying object might be hiding in the clouds.

As Weather Bureau officials recognized, the phenomenon is completely natural, and known as a lenticular cloud. Lenticular clouds form when air fronts of differing temperatures meet creating circular current.

The cloud in Keelung formed when a strong southwestern front passed over an eddie of warmer low-lying air likely formed by Keelung’s rocky coastline.    FULL  STORY]