Question

Assume a warm air bubble (or parcel) near Earth's surface, which has a temperature of 21°C within it, begins to rise upward. Assume it becomes saturated at 1000 m altitude, and due to unstable conditions it continues to rise to 2000 m altitude. What would the approximate temperature be inside the bubble, or parcel, of air at 2000 m ? (Assume a wet/moist lapse rate of 6 C/km.)

A. 6°C (42.5°F)
B. 7°C (44.6°F)
C. 8°C (46.4°F)
D. 9°C (48.2°F)
E. 5°C (41.°F)

Answer 1

E. 5°C (41.°F)

Step-by-step explanation:

• On assuming the warm air bubble near the earth's surface has temperatures of 21° C form within then, the air in begins to rise.

• The approx temperatures inside this parcel of the air and on taking the lapse rate to be 6 per km, the temperature inside the air parcel would be 5° C. This is due to the unstable air continues to rise as it goes beyond the saturation point.