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Questions for CLOUD

Answer the following questions

1. Ceilometers measure
2. What would be reflected to radar?
3. From which of the following clouds are you least likely to get precipitation in summer?
4. Which of the following cloud types can stretch across at least two cloud levels?
5. When a CC layer lies over a West European plane in summer, with a mean terrain height of 500 m above sea level, the average cloud base could be expected
6. Which clouds are evidence of stable air?
7. From which cloud do you get hail?
8. Which of the following will indicate medium level instability, possibly leading to thunderstorms?
9. What is the base of alto cumulus in summer?
10. When would you mostly likely get fair weather Cu?
11. Fair weather cumulus gives an indication of
12. Which cloud would you encounter the most intensive rain?
13. To dissipate cloud
14. Which of the following cloud types can stretch across all three cloud levels (low, medium and high level)?
15. In what cloud is icing and turbulence most severe?
16. If you see Alto Cu Castellanus what does it indicate?
17. A layer of air cooling at the SALR compared to the DALR would give what kind of cloud?
18. A plain in Western Europe at 500m (1600ft) AMSL is covered with a uniform alto - cumulus cloud during summer months. At what height AGL is the base of the cloud expected?
19. Which of the following clouds may extend into more than one layer?
20. What type of cloud is associated with drizzle?
21. Clouds classified as low level are considered to have a base height of
22. What cloud types are classified as medium cloud?
23. Which cloud would produce showers?
24. Over flat dry land what would cause cloud?
25. Altostratus is
26. In a Tropical Downpour the visibility is sometimes reduced to
27. What type of cloud extends into another level?
28. Lack of cloud at low level in a stationary high is due to
29. What is the composition of Ci cloud?
30. What type of cloud is usually found at high level?
31. What is the most common freezing precipitation?
32. Flying conditions in Ci cloud and horizontal visibility
33. Cu is an indication of
34. What cloud does hail fall from?
35. CB cloud in summer contains
36. What are Lenticularis clouds a possible indication of?
37. What will snow most likely fall from?