Which cloud describes having a generally flat, layered appearance with a distinct bottom? -
Stratus
This fog is caused by long, still nights that cause the ground temperature to drop, thereby cooling the
air immediately above the surface down to the dew point - Radiation Fog
True or False, on a...
Aviation Weather Exam 2 Revised Questions and Answers / Sure A+ Which cloud describes having a generally flat, layered appearance with a distinct bottom? - ✔✔Stratus This fog is caused by long, still nights that cause the ground temperature to drop, thereby cooling the air immediately above the surface down to the dew point - ✔✔Radiation Fog True or False, on an infrared starlight image, higher clouds are cooler, which appear darker shades of gray - ✔✔True Which cloud layers would be considered a ceiling? - ✔✔Broken, Overcast Which type of cloud would most be most likely to prevent VFR from your local airport? - ✔✔Stratus Which two conditions working together will make the atmosphere most stable? - ✔✔Cooling the surface and warming the air aloft What instrument is used to measure the cloud base height above the ground? - ✔✔Ceilometer What is the rate at which the air temperature changes inside a rising or descending parcel of saturated air called? - ✔✔Moist Adiabatic Lapse Rate If a dry air parcel is lifted 6,000 ft into the atmosphere it will be - ✔✔18 degrees cooler than what it was before it lifted The Coriolis force is strongest when the wind speed is ____ and the latitude is ___. - ✔✔High, high When the air temperature increases, the saturation vapor pressure: - ✔✔Decreases
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