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How to predict weather using cloud patterns and wind direction
Contributed by: Bryan
  • 1. Which cloud type is associated with fair weather?
A) Cumulus
B) Cirrus
C) Altostratus
D) Nimbus
  • 2. Which cloud type often brings prolonged rain or snow?
A) Cumulonimbus
B) Nimbostratus
C) Cirrocumulus
D) Altocumulus
  • 3. What does a rapidly thickening, lowering altostratus layer often indicate?
A) Stable atmosphere
B) Mild temperatures
C) Improving weather
D) Approaching storm
  • 4. Which cloud type is known for producing thunderstorms?
A) Altostratus
B) Cumulonimbus
C) Stratus
D) Cirrostratus
  • 5. What do cirrus clouds often indicate?
A) Stable air
B) Cooler temperatures
C) An approaching warm front
D) High pressure system
  • 6. Lenticular clouds are associated with what?
A) Calm conditions
B) Tropical storms
C) Tornadoes
D) Mountain waves
  • 7. What cloud height range do 'alto' clouds occupy?
A) Mid-level
B) Low-level
C) All levels
D) High-level
  • 8. Mammatus clouds are typically associated with?
A) Gentle rain
B) Clear skies
C) Severe thunderstorms
D) Fog
  • 9. What does a backing wind usually indicate in the Northern Hemisphere?
A) Approaching high pressure
B) Cooling temperatures
C) Warming temperatures
D) Stable conditions
  • 10. What does a veering wind usually indicate in the Northern Hemisphere?
A) Warming temperatures
B) Unstable conditions
C) Cooling temperatures
D) Approaching low pressure
  • 11. A wind shifting from south to west often indicates what?
A) Stable conditions
B) Passage of a warm front
C) Passage of a cold front
D) Calm conditions
  • 12. Surface winds generally blow from areas of:
A) High pressure to low pressure
B) Variable pressure
C) Equal pressure
D) Low pressure to high pressure
  • 13. If the wind is blowing from the east, what can be expected in temperature?
A) Depends on location and season
B) No change
C) Colder
D) Warmer
  • 14. If winds are calm, what type of weather is likely?
A) Unstable conditions
B) Stable conditions
C) Rapidly changing conditions
D) Stormy conditions
  • 15. What is the typical direction of prevailing winds in the mid-latitudes?
A) West to East
B) North to South
C) East to West
D) South to North
  • 16. What type of clouds are low lying and form a uniform sheet?
A) Cirrus
B) Stratus
C) Cumulus
D) Altostratus
  • 17. If you see high wispy clouds forming halos around the sun, what could this indicate?
A) Dry conditions
B) Approaching storm system
C) Improving weather
D) Foggy conditions
  • 18. What is the effect of strong upper-level winds on storm development?
A) Always weakens storm development
B) Has no effect on storms
C) Only affects surface winds
D) Can enhance storm development
  • 19. Which of the following is NOT a high cloud?
A) Cirrostratus
B) Cirrocumulus
C) Cirrus
D) Altostratus
  • 20. Cloud bases are usually lower when humidity is:
A) Higher
B) Irrelevant
C) Unchanged
D) Lower
  • 21. What is the name of clouds formed by air rising up a mountain?
A) Nimbus
B) Cirrus
C) Cumulus
D) Orographic
  • 22. Clear skies after a period of rain usually indicate:
A) High pressure system moving in
B) Nothing specific
C) Another rainstorm
D) Stable warm front approaching
  • 23. What instrument is used to measure wind direction?
A) Barometer
B) Anemometer
C) Wind vane
D) Hygrometer
  • 24. What instrument is used to measure wind speed?
A) Anemometer
B) Hygrometer
C) Barometer
D) Wind vane
  • 25. What happens to temperature as air rises?
A) It stays the same
B) It warms
C) It becomes unstable
D) It cools
  • 26. What happens to the pressure as you increase in altitude?
A) It increases
B) It fluctuates erratically
C) It remains constant
D) It decreases
  • 27. If the clouds are moving in different directions at different levels in the atmosphere, what does that suggest?
A) Stable atmosphere
B) Wind shear
C) Calm winds aloft
D) Clear skies
  • 28. What does it generally mean when the wind is described as 'gusty'?
A) Foggy conditions
B) Stable conditions
C) Unstable conditions
D) Calm conditions
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