Aviation Ceilings and Visibilities

When talking about aviation, what are some of the things that will alter our flight rules? How can we anticipate the occurrence of these events? You will have 5 minutes to answer questions related to ceilings and visibilities, including the discussion of phenomena like fog.

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Hint	Answer
Layer we will first consider ceilings	BKN/OVC
Low-level cloud types	Fog/Stratus
Mid-level cloud types	Altostratus/Altocumulus
Upper-level clouds types	Cirrus/Cirrostratus/Cirrocumulus
Vertically developed clouds	Cumulus/Cumulonimbus
Clouds that come from the exhaust of a plane	Contrails/Distrails
Different types of fog (name any of them! There are 4 types)	Radiation/Advection/upslope/steam
Radiation fog will occur when temperature is reduced to dewpoint from ______ ________	Radiational cooling
Conditions that are favorable for radiation fog formation	Recent precipitation/proximity to body of water/saturated layer above ground/clear skies/light winds/minimal mixing/inversion aloft
The dissipation of radiational fog occurs as the result of _______ _______	Diurnal heating
T or F: Advection fog happens as cold air advects over a warm surface	F
Advection fog will occur in ______ ______	Stable layers
Upslope fog will occur when moist air is forced up terrain and ________ _______	Cools adiabatically
T or F: Steam fog happens when warm waters interact with cool, dry air above it	T

Hint	Answer
Fog that is the greatest concern	Advection/Radiation
Fog that is the least concern	Steam
Things to take a look at when forecasting for fog	Radiation/Hydrolapse profile/Mixing/Crossover temperature
T or F: The crossover temperature is the lowest dewpoint temperature observed during the warmest part of the day	T
If the ground temperature is colder than the crossover temperature, there is a ______ fog risk	Greater
If the ground temperature is warmer than the crossover temperature, there is a ______ fog risk	Smaller
What the Modified Richardson Number looks at	Turbulence
If MRI is <= .025, the layer is _____	Mixy
If MRI >= .040, the layer is ______	Decoupled
If Air Temp = Crossover Temp, there will be _______ of visibility	1-3SM/1-3 SM
If Air Temp <= Crossover Temp, there will be ______ of visibility	1-2SM/1-2 SM
T or F: Meteograms are a timelapse of weather conditions, and are useful for identifying things such as frontal passages, cloud layers, and cold air damming	T
Fog is heavily reliant on ________ forecasting	Persistence

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