A parcel of air with an initial temperature of 15°C begins to rise in Location A. The LCL of the parcel is 1000 meters. With a red (or labeled) line, carefully draw the temperature decrease of this parcel of air as it rises to 3500 meters. Be sure to consider the LCL, and the DAR and SAR.
(a) Describe the stability pattern of this parcel of air.
(b) What is the general name for the change observed in the vertical temperature profile between 1000 and 1500 meters?
(c) Does the parcel of rising air become highly stable or highly unstable between 1000 and 1500 meters? Why?
(a) Rising air is stable from surface to 3500 meters.
(b) Temperature inversion.
(c) Highly stable parcel is much colder than the surrounding air.
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