Is the parcel of air stable or unstable at the altitude at which it cooled to the dew-point temperature? At 1000 m? At 2000 m? Explain.



What will be an ideal response?


The parcel is unstable the entire time because the ELR is greater than both the DAR and MAR, so the atmosphere is always cooling more rapidly than the parcel.

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