What cloud is this in my backyard?

There's a lenticular like cloud in the sky over my backyard. Although it's much larger than a lenticular cloud which I know generally form over mountains, but I'm in Florida. Basically I'm asking, what type of cloud is it and what kind of weather does it bring?What cloud is this in my backyard?
Well, as a pilot myself, I can confirm the aviation content of the internet quote from The Chosen One. I fly a home-built tiny motor-glider and these lenticular clouds that we see often, here in Norway, are very nice and yes, they give an enormous lift although I have never tried them myself. One thing that must be said: They are high clouds and I fly without an oxygen bottle because my license class forbid me to fly over 10,000 ft. (Norwegian Ultralight class).



Anyway, I have no idea how you can see that over Florida. I have lived 30 years in Norway but I was born and grew up in Belgium a very flat country and I had never seen those clouds there.



If anything, they simply witness that a) there is much wind aloft b) the wind has passed over some mountains or high terrain and c) there is some humidity in the air.



The point with those clouds is that they are 100 percent stationary. The other point is that, one one side, it rises, forming clouds, and on the other, it sinks, evaporating it.



So, it is actually the same air, the same humidity that goes up and down in a merry-go-round and that's why glider pilots should take it only from one side; the going-up side! :-)What cloud is this in my backyard?
Well, Lenticular clouds are technically known as altocumulus standing lenticularis, are stationary lens-shaped clouds that form at high altitudes, normally aligned at right-angles to the wind direction.



Where stable moist air flows over a mountain or a range of mountains, a series of large-scale standing waves may form on the downwind side. Lenticular clouds sometimes form at the crests of these waves. Under certain conditions, long strings of lenticular clouds can form, creating a formation known as a wave cloud.



Power pilots tend to avoid flying near lenticular clouds because of the turbulence of the rotor systems that accompany them, but sailplane pilots actively seek them out. This is because the systems of atmospheric standing waves that cause "lennies" (as they are sometimes familiarly called) also involve large vertical air movements, and the precise location of the rising air mass is fairly easy to predict from the orientation of the clouds.



"Wave lift" of this kind is often very smooth and strong, and enables gliders to soar to remarkable altitudes and great distances. The current gliding world records for both distance (over 3,000km) and altitude (14,938m) were set using such lift.



Here is a shorter definition of your cloud type and it's weather effects---%26gt;



A cloud species which has elements resembling smooth lenses or almonds and more or less isolated. These clouds are caused by a wave wind pattern created by the mountains. They are also indicative of down-stream turbulence on the leeward side of a barrier.









Lenticular clouds have been mistaken for UFOs (or "visual cover" for UFOs) because these clouds have a characteristic lens appearance and smooth saucer-like shape.