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Pregunta 1
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TEMA 9:
1. An air mass that has travelled over an ocean is known as:
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Continental air and gas a high humidity.
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Continental air and has a low humidity.
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Maritime air and has a high humidity.
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Maritime air and has a low humidity.
Pregunta 2
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2. Charasteristic weather associated with a Pm airmass transmitting Europe in summer would include:
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Widespread Cu and Cb activity overland during the day.
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Clear quiet settled weather overland by day with good visibility.
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Warm moist conditions with some Sc or Cu and moderate to poor visibility.
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Extensive low stratus cloud giving drizzle to light rain overland by day.
Pregunta 3
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3. With a cold occlusion:
Respuesta
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The air ahead of the warm front is colder than the air behind the cold front.
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The warm sector remains not eh surface.
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The cloud type is predominately layer with a wide precipitation band.
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There is a risk of CB embedded in NS.
Pregunta 4
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4. The average upper winds at A1, B1 and C1 in Appendix 'A' are respectively:
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Easterly, westerly, northwesterly.
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Northwesterly, westerly, southwesterly.
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Southwesterly, westerly, northwesterly.
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Southwesterly, westerly, northerly.
Pregunta 5
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5. The average surface level winds at A3, B3 and C3 in the following figure are respectively:
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Easterly, westerly, southwesterly.
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Westerly, westerly, southwesterly.
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Southwersterly, westerly, northwesterly.
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Southwesterly, westerly, westerly.
Pregunta 6
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6. If air transit is heated from below it tends to become more:
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Stable.
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Neutrally stable.
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Unstable.
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None of this.
Pregunta 7
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7. When a cold front passes a station in Spain:
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The wind veers and the temperature falls.
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The wind backs and the temperature falls.
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The wind veers and the temperature rises.
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The wind backs and the temperature rises.
Pregunta 8
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8. The front in the picture is a:
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Warm occlusion.
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Cold occlusion.
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Warm front.
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Cold front.
Pregunta 9
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9. How do air masses move at a warm front?
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Cold air overrides a warm air mass.
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Warm air overrides a cold air mass.
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Cold air undercuts a warm air mass.
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Warm air undercuts a cold air mass.
Pregunta 10
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TEMA 10:
1. On a day in summer with a slack pressure gradient, an airfield on the south coast of England gas a surface W/V of 080/06 at dawn. The coast/line is in an East/West direction. The most probable W/V at noon would be:
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360/12.
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080/12.
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180/12.
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080/06.
Pregunta 11
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2. When a Fohn wind occurs:
Respuesta
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There are unstable conditions on the downwind side of the mountain.
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Air is cooled mainly at the DALR on the upwind side of the mountain and is heated at the SALR on the downwind side.
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Windspeed must be at least 15 kts at the surface increasing with height and maintaining direction.
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Air is cooled mainly at the SALR on the upwind side of the mountain and is heated mainly at the DALR on the downwind side.
Pregunta 12
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3. The geostrophic wind blows:
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Parallel to curved isobars.
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When pressure values are changing rapidly.
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In a tropical revolving storm.
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When geostrophic force and pressure gradient force are equal.
Pregunta 13
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4. A Katabatic wind cana result in:
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An increase in temperature.
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Fog in the valley at night.
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Thunderstorms in summer.
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Stratus clouds.
Pregunta 14
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5. A strong wind that rises suddenly, last for some minutes and dies comparatively suddenly away is called:
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A gust.
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A squall.
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A gale.
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A blast.
Pregunta 15
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6. A ravine or valley wind:
Respuesta
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Is a wind blowing at increased speed along a valley.
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Is a wind blowing from a hill to a valley below.
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Is a wind blowing up a hill from a valley.
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Is a wind blowing at reduced speed along a valley.
Pregunta 16
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7. Which of the following is true of a land breeze?
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It blows only at noon.
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It blows from land to water.
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It blows from water to land.
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Ir blows by day.
Pregunta 17
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8. What characteristics will the surface winds have in an area where the isobars on the weather map are very close together?
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Strong and flowing across the isobars.
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Very weak but gusty and flowing across the isobars.
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Moderate and flowing parallel to the isobars.
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Strong and flowing parallel to the isobars.
Pregunta 18
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9. A point between two isobars. The pressure gradient is 1 Pa/km between them. The latitude at this point is 45ºN and the air density is 1.06 km/m3. Calculate the geostrophic wind at this point.
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17 kmh.
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33 kmh.
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51 kmh.
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19 kmh.
Pregunta 19
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TEMA 11:
1. Which of these cloud types can't be observed in the water vapour channel?
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Cumulus humilis.
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Cumulonimbus capillatus (anvil cirrus).
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Cirrus.
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Cumulus humilis and cirrus.
Pregunta 20
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2. Which of these cloud types can be viewed in the visible channel?
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Cirrus and cumulonimbus.
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Cumulus.
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Low stratus.
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All of them.
Pregunta 21
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3. What is the smallest distinguishable feature that can be seen in the Meteosat visible channel?
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1.0 km.
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2.5 km.
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7.5 km.
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10.5 km.
Pregunta 22
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4. What is the cone of silence? (Choose the best answer)
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The volume under the lowest elevation of the beam.
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The volume above the highest inclination angle of the beams.
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The volume between the lowest and highest scans in clear air mode.
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The volume between the lowest and highest scans in precipitation mode.
Pregunta 23
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5. In which of the following instances would precipitation often go completely unobserved by radar due to the geometry of the radar beam?
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A tall thunderstorm producing rain very close to the radar.
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A tall thunderstorm producing rain about 50 km away from the radar.
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A low, stratiform cloud producing rain near the radar's maximum unambiguous range and a thunderstorm producing rain behind a mountain located 10km from the radar.
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None of them.
Pregunta 24
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6. What usually doesn't constitute ground clutter that we often see near a radar?
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Insects.
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Birds.
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Large particulate matter, like dust.
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Fog.
Pregunta 25
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7. Which of the following phenomena appears on radar as evenly scattered bands of weak reflectivity or ripples near the radar, especially during the afternoon? (Choose the best answer)
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Smoke.
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Chaff.
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Horizontal convective rolls.
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Anomalous propagation.
Pregunta 26
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8. What reflectivity value is a general threshold that indicates hail? (Choose the best answer).
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40 dBZ.
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50 dBZ.
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60 dBZ.
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70 dBZ.
Pregunta 27
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9. Weather satellites measure radiation emitted by the earth or reflected solar radiation.
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They are usually passive detection devices.
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They are usually active detection devices.
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They are usually none of them.
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They are usually both of them.
Pregunta 28
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TEMA 12:
1. The conditions which must exist to allow thunderstorms to develop are:
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A trigger action, a plentiful supply of moisture and a very stable atmosphere.
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A steep lapse rate, a stable atmosphere through a large vertical extent and a plentiful supply of moisture.
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A plentiful supply of moisture and a steep lapse rate through a large vertical extent and a trigger action.
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A steep lapse rate through a large vertical extent, a low relative humidity and a trigger action.
Pregunta 29
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2. Hazards of the mature stage of a TS cell include lightning, turbulence and:
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Microburst, wind shear and anvil.
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Icing, microburst and windshear.
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Icing, drizzle and microburst.
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Windshear, hail and fog.
Pregunta 30
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3. During the ____ stage of a thunderstorm cell, the cloud contains ____.
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Building / up currents and down currents.
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Mature / up currents and down currents.
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Dissipating / un currents and down currents.
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Building / down currents only.
Pregunta 31
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4. The following is unlikely to be a hazard below a thunderstorm:
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Severe turbulence.
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Sever icing.
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Windshear.
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Large variations in pressure setting values.
Pregunta 32
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5. Thunderstorms are likely if:
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Air is unstable, there is sufficient water vapor and there is a trigger action.
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Air is completely stable, there is sufficient water vapor and there is lifting orographically.
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There is a warm front.
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Tere is a col in winter.
Pregunta 33
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6. Hail grows by:
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Freezing as it leaves the cloud.
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By up and down progress in CU cloud.
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By collision with supercooled water drops.
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By collision with ice crystals.
Pregunta 34
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7. How long approximately does a cumulonimbus cell take to complete the full cycle from the cumulus (building) to dissipating stage?
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2-3 hours.
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1-2 hours.
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4-5 hours.
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About 1 hour.
Pregunta 35
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8. A microburst usually lasts for ____ and is about ____ across.
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20 minutes, 20 NM.
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5 minutes, 5 km.
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30 minutes, 10 NM.
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45 minutes, 5 NM.
Pregunta 36
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9. When flying through an active CB cloud, lightning strikes are most likely:
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Above 5000ft and underneath the anvil.
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In the clear air below the cloud in rain.
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In the temperature band between +10ºC and -10ºC.
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At about 10.000ft above AMSL.
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