With our ever changing seasons, cloud formations in this part of the world are always on the move.

For some, clouds are a real fascination. A few just admire their sheer beauty and others take it a little more seriously, professional photographers will sometimes go out and chase to find the perfect pic.

Lenticular clouds are occasionally snapped and they mainly occur in eastern areas of NZ, as the lee side of the ranges create these particular formations and on more than one occasion they have been mistaken for a UFO!

There are many names for all kinds of clouds and at all different levels.Some indicate what weather is on the way but yet that doesn’t always hold true. How easy it would be for all of us if that was the case.

A friend recently visited our shores from the northern hemisphere and couldn’t believe first of all the clarity of the sky and clouds and secondly the constantly changing sky and that there was rarely a ‘dull’ day.

It’s easy to take it for granted but next time when you lift your eyes to the heavens, perhaps take a glance at the different types of clouds and see if you can name particular types. There are certainly plenty of them!