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Al ponerse en contacto una masa de aire frío con una de aire caliente aparecerá una línea de inestabilidad con corrientes ascendentes de aire caliente y formación de potentes cumulonimbos. ¿A qué fenómeno metereológico dará lugar el aire frío descendente?When a cold air mass meets a warm one, an instability line appears, with warm updraughts and towering cumulonimbus. What weather will the sinking cold air bring?
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Correct answer: a) Showers.
Why it is correct
Under the cumulonimbus, the sinking cold air brings showers.
Why the others are not
- b) They are far rarer, and do not come from sinking air.
- c) Fog needs stable air.
- d) Drizzle comes from low stable cloud.
How to work it out in the exam
- Instability line: showers.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2019 · Convocatoria de junio · CY Test 1 · question 21 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2019 · Convocatoria de junio · CY Test 2 · question 25 Official paper · Official answer key
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