Question

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An unsaturated air parcel has a temperature of 25°C at the ground level. The surrounding environmental temperature at the ground level is 24°C. Meanwhile, the dew point temperature is 9°C and the environmental lapse rate is 15°C/1000m. Can the air parcel rise to 2000 meters and form clouds when rising? Why or why not? If yes, at what elevation does the cloud start to form? (DALR = 10°C/1000m, MALR = 6°C/1000m)

Answer 1

If this air rises as unsaturated (dry) air from 1000 mb, determine its temperature at 500 mb by following the solid, straight green dry adiabatic lapse rate line passing through the starting point, up to 500 mb. At 500 mb, the temperature of the unsaturated air parcel is about [(–5)(–35)(–45)] °C. 2.