This photo was taken on 10/7/25 at 5:14 PM traveling westbound on South Boulder Road with an iPhone 14 camera. From the Skew-T diagram, it shows that the cloud shown is stable. The diagram shows that at 700 hectopascals the cloud level begins, and this is the lifting condensation level (LCL). The cloud shown is an altocumulus cloud with the sun behind it, illuminating the slight separation between each cloud. Altocumulus clouds form when the temperature of moist air drops, causing the air to condense. This can happen from warm air rising over the flatirons and then reaching lower temperatures and condensing.
