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Old 15th November 2002 | 22:05
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FlapsOne
 
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If a particle of air is displaced under these conditions it will cool at the Wet ALR of circa 1.5 C /1000' thus it will remain WARMER than the surrounding air. Thus the tendancy will be for it to continue rising. ergo UNSTABLE

Try using a known and marked distance from the JEPP charts as a guideline- between two reporting points for example.
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