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August 14th, 2003, 17:18
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 213
|  lapse rate useful? Does anyone ever actually use the standard or adiabatic temperature lapse rate computation methods to figure out air stability? Is it just one of things that you learn for the IR and never use? My instructor has run thru IFR wx checks, but has yet to refer me to this stuff while we're looking at the DUATS or calling the FSS. |
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August 14th, 2003, 22:17
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 1,021
| Re: lapse rate useful? I use it to get a rough idea of what weather might appear given the stability. I also use it to estimate cloud bases, then compare to actual cloud bases to figure out stability. |
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August 14th, 2003, 23:48
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 277
| Re: lapse rate useful? I noticed you guys are from Seattle and Florida respectively. I bet if the question were about freezing level and cloud bases, the tables would be turned. Correct me if I'm wrong, but in Florida you can have clear sky in the morning and (predictable) late afternoon thunderstorms on a daily basis. The adiabatic laspe rate is used to predict the TBs. |
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August 19th, 2003, 08:00
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Titusville, FL
Posts: 201
| Re: lapse rate useful? I use it to figure out the cloud bases. |
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