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October 25th, 2006, 00:14
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Salt Lake City
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|  Re: What type of clouds are the most turbulent? Your instructor could be refering to an FAA written exam question, can't remember which test, that asked which cloud was associated with severe turbulence. The answer was the standing lenticular. Another way to think about it is that the lenticular and rotor don't actually casue the turbulence. They are merely a byproduct of the mtn wave phenomenon. On a very dry day the mtn wave, rotors & turbulence can be happening, but the lenticulars won't be around. Whereas with Cumulonimus, towering cumulus clouds etc. they are the actual cause of the turbulence. |
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October 25th, 2006, 14:28
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Virginia is for Lovers, yacht chasing on the weekends
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 | Re: What type of clouds are the most turbulent? What about the bubbly ones; the ones that look like boobies on the underside of the overcast? They're even called something similar to boobies...Mammatus  |
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October 25th, 2006, 14:30
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: U77
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October 25th, 2006, 14:39
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| Old Skool Join Date: May 2006 Location: Virginia is for Lovers, yacht chasing on the weekends
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| Re: What type of clouds are the most turbulent? How do you think I passed my meterology test on clouds  . Word association baby...dirty word association |
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October 25th, 2006, 15:26
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October 25th, 2006, 15:36
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