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Air Stability

Adiabatic Processes No heat is added / removed from the moving air parcel by the external environment because of fast movement of the air parcel. All temperature changes within the air parcel are due to expansion / contraction.

1000m ground

Warm air Cooler than surrounding cloud Condensation level Stable air Unstable air precipitation Energy loss Air stops rising

Causes of Cooling

Orographic Cooling

Rising air

Frontal Cooling

Front Condensation Rising air

Thermal Cooling

Rising air

Precipitation

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