A lot of this past years trip to Colorado involved wind. It was warm, it was windy. The clouds you see here are commonly known as alto cumulus standing lenticular. Created when "relatively stable, fast moving air is forced up and over a topographic barrier that is oriented more or less perpendicular to the direction from which the upper level wind is blowing." (Remember this it may be on the test later) This explains clearly why you see them out there in the high Rockies on windy days.
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