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Questions for CLOUD

Answer the following questions

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