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Old 9th Dec 2010, 13:49
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wilky
 
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MET question

Hello,

I was wondering if someone could oblige and clear up a MET question I keep getting on PPLquiz, I have still not worked out how they get the answer.

"Given a surface temperature of 21C and a dew point of 7C what height would you expect the cloudbase to be?"

The way I have tried to work it out as follows.

DALR 3C/1000'
To cool to 7C from 21C will take 4600'

the answer they are giving is 5500', where am I going wrong?

Many thanks if you reply.
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