A lenticular cloud can stay still while wind races through it — ChillScroll

Three smooth peach-colored lenticular clouds stacked above a snowy mountain

A lenticular cloud can stay still while wind races through it

When stable air flows over a mountain, it can rise and fall in a standing wave. Moisture condenses into a smooth lens-shaped cloud at the wave's crest, then evaporates as the air descends on the other side.

The air keeps moving while the cloud keeps remaking itself in the same place.

Source · National Weather Service ↗