Crazy UFO-style cloud formation spotted over Yorkshire goes viral

Thousands of people reacted to these photos of a stunning and very quirky cloud formation spotted over Yorkshire at the weekend.

Yorkshire Post reader Joe Lord snapped this picture of a set of lenticular clouds over Settle on Saturday.

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The post on Twitter, shared by a North Yorkshire weather account, then went on to garner more than 3,000 likes.

Lenticular clouds are stationary clouds which mostly form in the troposphere in alignment to the wind direction.

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They are often mistaken for 'UFOs' due to being comparable in appearance to a lens or saucer in shape.

Unfortunately, it seems the forecast is going to bring a lot more cloud in the coming days, with rain or cloud being predicted for every day this week according to the Met Office.

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