weather theoryFAA-published question bank (Private Pilot, 2008)
Moist, stable air flowing upslope can be expected to
A
produce stratus type clouds.✓ Correct Answer
B
cause showers and thunderstorms.
C
develop convective turbulence.
Explanation
When moist, stable air is lifted up a slope it cools and condenses into layered, stratus-type clouds (or upslope fog), because stable air does not keep rising on its own. Showers, thunderstorms and convective turbulence result from lifting unstable air.
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