A parcel of air with an initial temperature of 55°F begins to rise in Location A. The LCL of the parcel is 2000 feet. With a red (or labeled) line, carefully draw the temperature decrease of this parcel of air as it rises to 8000 feet. 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 2000 and 3000 feet?
(c) Does the parcel of rising air become highly stable or highly unstable between 2000 and 3000 feet? Why?
(a) Rising air is stable from surface to 8000 feet.
(b) Temperature inversion.
(c) Highly stable–parcel is much colder than the surrounding air.
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