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Wave Clouds


Mountain Wave Clouds

This visible satellite image was taken at 400 pm PDT 9 Sep 2000. The cloud lines oriented north to south are wave clouds. They are the result of west-to-east wind flowing over the Cascade mountains of Washington and the Rocky Mountains of Montana and Alberta. Wave clouds on visible satellite image

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