Good tip is draw a line with a step. Place a circle at the step. That's your jet stream... Add the temps.
Red baron
Thick alto stratus is clear ice. As is nimbostratus.
Hints are
Thick
Mid level cloud
Temp close to zero.
I always think of ice in bands of temperature... Which then gives me levels to expect them.
what were the 2 stupid answers? Again think of bands of temps.
@-5 your getting clear ice. And at temperatures from 0 to -15 you will accumulate ice fastest. The -15 answer is to far to the extents of major icing problems... If in light stratus at -15 your ice build up is slow as... If in thick nimbo stratus at -5 you'll be looking for a new level pretty quick...
Have a read of the bureau of met book it's gold...
Last edited by Xcel; 30th Mar 2012 at 10:21.