14 January 2005/12.00 UTC - Meteosat IR image

Decide which of the following statements are true!

A CAD in the fully developed stage has a configuration that resembles

A CAD is connected to a black area in the WV image representing the dry air on the cyclonic side of a jet.

A CAD consists mainly of high cloud with cold tops while in low levels there are no or only unstructured cloud.

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