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Old 26th August 2016 | 09:16
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FullWings
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That’s a really good explanation from Prop swinger.

Pretty much the only times you get a lapse rate > DALR is a) in the afore-mentioned superadiabatic layer near the ground or b) when an atmospheric phenomenon advects warm air under cold, like in some rotor flow.
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