Stability prevails when the environmental lapse rate is ________

less than the wet adiabatic rate
greater than the wet adiabatic rate and less than the dry adiabatic rate
greater than the dry adiabatic rate
greater than both the wet and dry adiabatic rates


less than the wet adiabatic rate

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