Wind speed same as cloud speed for time lapse

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The number of pics to be taken a minute depends on the cloud speed, if that is the goal, slower clouds, less pics.
I could not find anything such as a cloud speed info page, but figured they move the same speed as the wind ?

Gleaned so far

Make sure your battery is full, tripod is level, and once it is set, no movement

With the super wide lens, it must be close to the edge or you will get lots of rock in the video.

Wind = shakey

I bought a short tripod last week, lots lighter and found the closer to the ground

the more stable .
Guess I could take 2 cameras n try different speeds, but the next few days it is supposed to be less than 10 mph
Settings ?
Did a short clip on our mountain but they were not moving just forming and vanishing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogr6jCdngu0
Also came to the conclusion, the movement direction is important for the intent.
If you have created cloud time lapse, what settings?

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Clouds don’t necessarily move at wind speed - the classic example is standing wave clouds.

More on those here: Altocumulus Standing Lenticular Clouds.

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Hi,

Not sure if this is helpful, but I have photographed hundreds of cloud related Timelapse over many years. I have found that every 2-2.5 seconds works consistently great for me in virtually all situations. Obviously I presume the shutter speed is less than 1 second. Otherwise, increase interval- but I never go above 3.5-4 seconds between photographs for Timelapse.

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I agree with John, 2-4 secs for the interval. If you start with 2s and it seems to slow, you can just play it faster. The air speed and direction changes with altitude and the clouds’ speed will reflect that. But if the clouds are low, they seem to move fast, and vice-versa. Lenticular clouds, although mostly stationary, do show movement. They change shape, rotate and you can also see how they form at one end and dissipate at the other. Quite fascinating.

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