VAPOUR AND LIFT
CLOUDS AND WEATHER
IN THE FOG
THE SKY IS FALLING
FLAVOURS OF ICING
WEATHER OR NOT
100

THREE TYPES OF HYGROSCOPIC NUCLEI

WHAT ARE AITKIN LARGE AND GIANT NUCLEI?

100

TWO PROCESSES IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT PRODUCE CLOUDS

WHAT IS COOLING AND EVAPORATION?

100

3 FACTORS THAT CONTROL THE EVOLUTION OF FOG

WHAT ARE:  COOLING OF THE AIR

ADDITION OF WATER VAPOUR

MIXING?

100

PROCESSES INVOLVED WITH THE FORMATION OF PRECIPITATION

WHAT IS THE BERGERON EFFECT AND THE COLLISION PROCESS?

100

3 TYPES OF DE-ICING SAFETY MEASURES.

WHAT ARE PITOT TUBE AND CARBURETOR HEATERS,  SMALL HEATERS ACTIVATED FROM THE COCKPIT TO REMOVE ICE,  HEATING ELEMENTS IN ROTORS AND PROPELLERS,  ENGINE HOT AIR BLEED INSIDE LEADING EDGE OF WINGS,  PNEUMATIC BOOTS, INFLATABLE BLADDERS ON THE WING,  INFLIGHT DE-ICING LIQUID,  VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT  AND  APPLICATION OF DEICING AND ANTIICING LIQUIDS BEFORE TAKEOFF. 

100

4 FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE DIRECTION AND SPEED OF THE WIND.

WHAT IS PRESSURE GRADIENT FORCE (FP),  CORIOLIS FORCE (FD),  FRICTION FORCE (FF),  AND  CENTRIFUGAL FORCE (FC)?

200

FOUR FACTORS THAT CONTROL THE EVOLUTION OF CLOUDS

WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOUR AVAILABLE,  ABUNDANCE OF CONDENSATION AND FREEZING NUCLEI,  STABILITY OF THE AIR  AND  LIFT?

200

THREE TYPES OF ADIABATIC COOLING

WHAT ARE RADIATION, ADVECTION AND MIXING?

200

4 CONDITIONS THAT FAVOUR THE FORMATION OF ADVECTION FOG

WHAT IS:  WARM MIOST AIR OVER A COLD SURFACE,

MODERATE WIND SPEED,  

HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY,  

CONDESATION NUCLEI?

200

THE ONLY CLOUD TO PRODUCE DRIZZLE, FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW GRAINS.

WHAT IS STRATUS?

200

PROBABLITY OF FINDING ICING IN THICK STRATIFORM CLOUDS.

WHAT IS HIGH?

200

IN THE FREE ATMOSPHERE 5 KTS OF SHEAR PER 1000 FT OF ALTITUDE EQUALS THIS LEVEL OF TURBULENCE

WHAT IS MODERATE CAT?

300

IF THE TEMPERTURE INCREASES BY 10 DEGREES IT WILL CAUSE THIS AMOUNT OF CHANGE TO THE SATURATION MIXING RATIO

WHAT IS DOUBLES?

300

3 SYNOPTIC SITUATIONS WHERE LARGE SCALE LIFT WILL PRODUCE CLOUDS AND WEATHER

WHAT IS:

IN THE VICINITY OF LOW PRESSURE CENTRES AND TROUGHS,  REGIONS OF BAROCLINIC DEVELOPMENT,  IN ADVANCE OF WARM FRONTS AND TROWALS,  AHEAD OF UPPER SHORT WAVE TROUGHS,  IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE AND LEFT EXIT OF THE JET STREAM MAXIMUM?

300

THE DISPATION OF FOG - CONTROLLING FACTORS

WHAT IS:

HEATING OF THE AIR

DECREASE OF WATER VAPOUR?

300

3 FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE INTENSITY OF PRECIPITATION.

WHAT ARE UPDRAFT STRENGTH,  CLOUD WATER CONTENT  AND  CLOUD VERTICAL THICKNESS?

300

3 TYPES OF ICING

WHAT IS CLEAR,  RIME  AND  MIXED?

300

4 LIMITATIONS OF PILOT REPORTS.

WHAT IS PILOT EXPERIENCE,  TIME TO ACCESS THE WEATHER,  COCKPIT VIEW  AND  LOST DETAILS?

400

FOUR TYPES OF VERTICAL MOTION THAT LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF CLOUD

WHAT IS

CONVECTIVE LIFT                                   MECHANICAL TURBULENCE                       ORORGRAPHIC LIFT                                          LARGE SCALE LIFT?

400

THE MAIN CUASE OF CLOUD FORMATION IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER

WHAT IS LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE GENERATING UPWARD VERTICLE MOTION?

400

STEAM FOG CAN BE FORMED IN THE PRESENCE OF THESE THREE FACORS

WHAT IS:  

COLD AIR OVER WARM WATER

HIGH RELARIVE HUMIDITY

CONDENSATION NUCLEI?

400

ICE CRYSTAL ARE AN INDICATION OF THIS TYPE OF CLOUD.

WHAT IS NO CLOUDS ARE REQUIRED FOR ICE CRYSTALS?

400

INTENSITY OF ICING FOUND IN TCU AND CB CLOUDS

WHAT IS MODERATE TO SEVERE?

400

ICAO AVERAGE SLP

WHAT IS 1013.2 hPa?

500

LARGE SCALE LIFT IS A RESULT OF THESE TWO FACTORS

WHAT IS DIVERGENCE AND CONVERGENCE?

500

TWO DIURINAL VARIATION FACTORS THAT IMPACT CLOUD FORMATION 

WHAT IS TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY?

500

6 TYPES OF FOG

WHAT ARE RADIATION, ADVECTION, UPSLOPE, FRONTAL, STEAM AND ICEFOG?

500

4 TYPES OF COLLISION PROCESSES

WHAT IS COALESCENCE,  AGGREGATION,  ACCRETION  AND  FRAGMENTATION?

500

5 FACTORS THAT DETERMINE THE FORMATION, TYPE AND INTENSITY OF ICING.

WHAT IS TEMPERATURE,  MOISTURE,  NUCLEI,  LIFT  AND  STABILITY OF THE AIR?

500

4 TYPES OF FRONTS.

WHAT IS COLD FRONT,  WARM FRONT,  STATIONARY FRONT AND TROWAL?

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