Cumulus cloud - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Aviation Weather - Final Exam (2024) || All Questions & Answers (Expert Rated A+) Aviation Weather - Final Exam (2024) || All Questions & Answers (Expert Rated A+) The most frequent type of ground or surface-based temperature inversion is that which is produced by - ANSWER - Terrestrial radiation on a clear, relatively still night Crests of standing mountain waves may be marked by stationary, lens-shaped clouds known as - ANSWER - Standing lenticular clouds Which weather conditions sho...

A windshear which appears to decrease performance is associated with? - Answer-Downdraft, decreasing headwinds, increasing tail winds or head winds which change to tailwinds A windshear which appears to increase performance is associated with? - Answer-Updrafts, increasing headwinds, decreasing tailwinds or tail ones which change the headwinds Define Altocumulus - Answer-Puffy clouds usually patchy in their coverage of the sky Define Altocumulus Castellanus - Answer-Puffy clouds which grow ...

ATSC 113 Final Exam Review Learning Goals Exam Questions with Correct Answers 1b. Recognize and explain special clouds: Lenticular - Answer--Mountain waves -Strong winds across mountains -Look like little disks/UFOs -Wind oscillations, may indicate mountain wind turbulence 1b. Recognize and explain special clouds: Rotor - Answer--Strong winds across mountains -Ragged-looking, form at low altitude under crests of mountain wave -Indicate BIG HAZARD 1b. Recognize and explain special...

ATSC 113 Midterm 1 Questions and Answers Already Graded A What are the 2 main divisions of clouds? Normal and Special What are Cumuliform Clouds? Normal Clouds - look like stacks of cotton balls - associated with updrafts (warm air rising) What are some hazards of Cumuliform Clouds? - strong updrafts - thunderstorms From smallest to largest rank cumuliform clouds 1. Cumulus Humilis 2. Cumulus Mediocris 3. Cumulus Congestus 4. Cumulonimbus What are Stratiform Clouds? Normal CLouds - look lik...

WX 201 Exam 2 with correct Answers (Graded A) Dew is most likely to form on clear, calm nights Which two clouds can produce precipitation? cumulonimbus and nimbostratus If fog is forming in Denver, Colorado (located on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains), and the wind is blowing from the east, then the fog is most likely upslope fog On a cold, winter morning, the most likely place for radiation fog to form is in a valley As Apollo 12 ascended into the atmosphere, th...

WX 201 Exam 2 with correct Answers (Graded A) Generally, the concentration of condensation nuclei is greater over the oceans than over land. False If a city receives 24 inches of snow, it is the equivalent to 18 inches of rain. False An important factor in the production of rain by the collision-coalescence process is the number of ice crystals in the cloud. False In a cloud composed of water droplets and ice crystals, the saturation vapor pressure is less over the droplets th...

ATSC 113 final exam Questions and Answers Already Graded A FLYING SECTION: normal clouds - classified into two categories 1. convective clouds/ cumuliform clouds (Cu) - look like stacks of cotton balls -- are associated with updrafts 2. layer clouds/ stratiform clouds (St) - look like sheets or blankets that can extend hundreds of kilometers horizontally. cumuliform clouds cumuliform continued - form when warm humid air rises through cooler surrounding air in the atmosphere - the buoyancy ass...

Content Exam 305 Questions & And AnswersHost - ANSWERSa food source Decrease in atmospheric pressure - ANSWERSassociated with stormy weather and precipitation Barometer - ANSWERSan instrument that measures atmospheric pressure Anemometer - ANSWERSmeasures the speed of wind or gas current Hygrometer - ANSWERSmeasures humidity of air or gas Independent Variable - ANSWERSquantity that is known, plotted along the X-axis Dependent Variable - ANSWERSquantity that is unknown, plotted ...

1 ATSC 113 FLYING EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ VFR Correct Answer: Visual flight rules = fly by mostly looking out the window; need good visibility and stay out of clouds; all pilots learn how to fly VFR VFC Correct Answer: "Visual Meteorological Conditions = weather that is good enough to fly VFR --> horizontal visibility of 3 statute miles or more, ceiling of 1000 feet above airport" Flying into couds VFR Correct Answer: "ignore balanc...

What are pre solo maneuvers? Uniform circle S - Turns Turns around a point What do you do in a uniform circle with wind? ◦Decrease ground speed and bank downwind ◦Increase ground speed and bank upwind What do you do in an S-Turn? ◦Entered Downwind ◦Same ground speed and bank principles as circle ◦Crab into the wind when it is crosswind ◦Start turn as soon as you cross road What do you do in turns around a point? ◦Similar to uniform circle ◦Constant...