1-38.
Of the following conditions, which one
may produce a corona?
1.
Ice crystals in a low-etage cloud
2.
Ice crystals in a mid-etage cloud
3.
Liquid water droplets in a low-etage
cloud
4.
Liquid water droplets in a mid-etage
cloud
1-39.
If a halo is seen in a stratiform cloud, which
of the following cloud genera is most likely
present?
1. Stratus
2. Altostratus
3. Cirrostratus
4. Each of the above
1-40.
Which of the following indicators may be
used to reclassify altostratus clouds as
nimbostratus?
1.
The cloud base lowers to less than
6,500 ft
2.
Stratus fractus clouds form under an
altostratus base
3.
Precipitation begins
4.
All of the above
A. ALTOCUMULUS STRATIFORMUS
B. ALTOCUMULUS FLOCCUS
C. ALTOCUMULUS CASTELLANUS
D. ALTOCUMULUS LENTICULARIS
Figures 1-C
IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS 1-41 THROUGH
1-44, REFER TO FIGURE 1-C. SELECT THE
ALTOCUMULUS SPECIES THAT MATCHES
THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN. RESPONSES ARE
USED ONLY ONCE.
1-41.
The species that is an orographic cloud
form.
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
1-42.
The species that resembles small ragged,
cumulus humilis clouds.
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
1-43.
The species with towers or turrets
extending upward from the cloud base.
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
1-44.
The most comon species of altocumulus
cloud.
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
1-45.
The dense blowoff from the top of a
cumulonimbus, often referred to as dense
cirrus, is what cloud species?
1. Cirrus spissatus
2. Cirrus floccus
3. Cirrus uncinus
4. Cirrus castellanus
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