Föhn cloud

Cloud type

Orographic fohn cloud over La Palma, Canary Islands

Wave clouds

Lenticular clouds with rotor clouds underneath

A Föhn cloud or Foehn cloud is any cloud associated with a Föhn (Foehn), usually an orographic cloud, a mountain wave cloud, or a lenticular cloud.

Föhn is a regional term referring to winds in the Alps.

See also

• Cloud types
• Föhn wind
• Nor'west arch
• Pileus

References

• Defant, F., 1951: Compendium of Meteorology, 667–669.

External links

• American Meteorological Society
• Manual Of Synoptic Satellite Meteorology