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PRECIPITATION
CLOUD TYPES
CLOUD LEVEL
FLIGHT AND CLOUDS
WEATHER ELEMENTS
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Tiny droplets of liquid water at or near the surface of the land or water
What is FOG
100
A large, dark cloud full of lightening, wind and rain
What is a cumulonimbus cloud
100
A high level cloud is this high
What is 20,000 feet
100
precipitation frozen on the wings of a plane is called
What is icing
100
Warm air moves where
What is rising
200
The process of converting water vapor to liquid
What is condensation
200
grey clouds uniform in appearance, very thin and flat. sheet like in appearance
What is are Stratus cloudes
200
A low level cloud is this high
What is 6,500 feet or below
200
the type of cloud a glider pilot looks for excellent mountain flying
What is a lenticular cloud
200
The process of heat transferred by verticle motion
What is convection
300
Frozen precipitation
what is snow
300
Clouds very high in the sky, wispy, filaments, hooks, or bands- composed of ice crystals
What are cirrus cloudes
300
A mid-level cloud that is wispy and thin
What is an altostratus cloud
300
the lever that a pilot pulls to direct heat into a frozen carburator
What is the Carburator Heat lever
300
This is a sudden down draft of wind and unstable air
What is a microburst
400
The temperature at which the air becomes saturated with water vapor
What is due point
400
The top of a cumulonimbus cloud
What is the anvil head
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Name Mid-level clouds that are puffy, in regular lines.
What is a altocumulus cloud
400
This happens at an airport when there is heavy precipitation.
What is delayed or cancelled flights
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the temperature and wind speed used to explain how cold it feels
What is wind chill
500
THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR COMPARED TO THE AIRS WATER VAPOR CAPACITY
What is RELATIVE HUMIDITY
500
Circular clouds that form singularly or in stacks over mountain peaks that glider pilots look for
what is a lenticular cloud or "leni"
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These clouds are a sign of an approaching warm front
What is a cirrostratus cloude
500
This is a type of cloud no plane should fly into
What is a cumulonimbus cloud
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a scale used for estimating wind speed on land or sea
What is the beaufort scale