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Questions for CLOUD

Answer the following questions

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