MET (clouds and fog) Flashcards
1
Q
- Uniform base and uniform appearance
- Give drizzle or snow grains
- The outline is clear
A
Stratus
2
Q
- Patches, pebbles or rollers
- Clear of ground
A
Stratocumulus
3
Q
- Continuous falling rain or snow
- Grey often dark
- Reach the ground
A
Nimbostratus
4
Q
- Sheet or layer of strated fibrous, uniform appearance
- Doesn’t show halo appearance
- Cloud thinner than NS
A
Altostratus
5
Q
- Indicates mountain waves
- Pebble or cylindric form
- Never touches the ground
A
Altocumulus lenticularis
6
Q
- White or white delicate filament or white filament
- Narrow band
- Fibrous hair like or silky sheen
A
Cirrus
7
Q
- Sprouting vertical extent
- Bulging upper part like a cauliflower
- Temperature in the cloud higher than ambient
A
Towering cumulus congestus
8
Q
- Anvil, plume, vast, mass of hair
- Shower or thunderstorm &squalls
- Hail, Virgo
A
Capillatus cumulonimbus
9
Q
- Turrets
- Taller than they are wide
- Seem to be arranged in line
A
Castellanus cumulonimbus
10
Q
Heights
A
Low: 0 – 6500ft
Medium: 6500 – 23000ft
High: 16500 – 45000ft
