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26 Cards in this Set
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What type of low cloud has little vertical extent and is associated with good weather?
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L1 cumulus
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What type of low cloud has moderate or strong (towering) vertical development?
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L2 towering cumulus
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What type of low cloud is a CB in its earliest stage of development, and lacks a cirriform anvil?
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L3 cumulonimbus
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What type of low cloud is a CB with anvil?
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L9 cumulonimbus
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A stratocumulus formed by the spreading of cumulus is_____, while a stratocumulus formed by other means is______.
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L4, L5 stratocumulus
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When CU and SC clouds have bases at different levels and the SC forms by other than the spreading out of CU, classify the cloud type as____.
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L8 stratus
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_______ is and ST cloud in a more or less continuous sheet or layer, or ragged shreds, or combination of both, but it has no stratus fractus of bad weather.
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L6 stratus
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Classify this type of ST as______whenever thestratus fractus or cumulus fractus of bad weather are present.
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L7 stratus
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______ is an AS cloud, the greater part of which is semitransparent. The sun or moon is dimly visible as though you are viewing it through ground glass.
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M1 altostratus
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An AS cloud classified as_____ is dense enough to hide the sun or moon. Nimbostratus clouds will also be encoded as this.
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M2
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An altocumulus cloud, the greater part of which is semitransparent.
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M3
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An AC cloud in patches, the greater part of which is semitransparent, and is often almond or fish shaped (lenticular).
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M4
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An AC arranged in semitransparent bands that progressively invade the sky.
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M5
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AC clouds classified as _____ form from the spreading out of CU or CB clouds.
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M6
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AC clouds in 2 or more layers that don't progressively invade teh sky.
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M7
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AC cloud with sproutings in the form of small towers or battlements.
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M8
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AC cloud form of a chaotic sky that occurs at several levels. Appears heavy and stagnant from ground
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M9
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Cirrus cloud in the form of filaments, strands, or hooks that don't progressively invade teh sky.
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H1
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Dense CI cloud in patches or entagled sheaves that usually don't increase in size, can be CI with sproutings as small turrets or battlements, but don't originate from CB.
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H2
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Dense high cloud that's often in the form of an anvil and is the remains of the upper parts of a CB cloud.
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H3
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CI in the form of hooks and/or filaments that progressively invades teh sky and becomes more dense.
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H4
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CI and CS or CS clouds only that progressively invade the sky, but the continuous veil doesn't reach 45 deg above teh horizon
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H5
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CI and CS or CS clouds only that progressively invade the sky, and the continuous veil reaches more than 45 deg above teh horizon
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H6
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A veil of CS clouds that covers teh celestial dome.
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H7
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CS that's no longer progressively invading the sky and doesn't completely cover teh celestial dome.
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H8.
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Cirrocumulus, mackeral sky.
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H9
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