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454 - ATPL Question Bank in English - Forecast information shows SCT CU 060/100 and winds of 320°/15 kt at both FL 050 and FL 100. At FL 055 over flat terrain, turbulence associated with daytime cumulus convection is encountered. Which motion directly causes this convective turbulence?

Question 454 - Meteorology - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot Licence

Rising and sinking air currents in the unstable layer beneath and within the cumulus clouds.

Direct momentum transfer from outgoing terrestrial radiation without vertical air movement.

Shear between two layers solely because their forecast winds are identical.

Mountain-wave motion necessarily generated over flat terrain without any upwind mountain range.

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