Hi Dave, On 14:21:32 23/05/2008 Dave Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm hoping that someone may be able to explain the relationship > between Temperature inversion, dew point/cloud production and High > Pressure (and it's effect on cloud). High pressure (and its > associated stability) is a cloud killer, but why when all a parcel of > air has to do is rise and condense? Where is the lower layer of an > inversion in relation to cloud production or condensation? Above > cloud base? I've seen various diagrams in relation to temperature > inversion and they're pretty vague about where the inversion is in > relation to cloud.
What you are asking are pretty big questions. Most of these are best explained and understood by using a tephigram, or skew-t log-p diagram. However, these diagrams are pretty complicated. The PDF below explains the relationships between inversion, dew point, cloud production and rising air fairly well, and is pretty short. It might take a few reads though. http://homepages.see.leeds.ac.uk/~lecimb/envi1400/lectures/The-Tephigram.pdf I'll try to write a little summary tonight. Mats _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
