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Fig. 8-CO, p.200. Table 8-1, p.203. Fig. 8-2, p.203. Fig. 8-1, p.202. Fig. 8-3, p.205. Fig. 8-4, p.206. Moist adiabat. Environ. lapse rate. z. stable. unstable. T. IR out to space = cooling from above.
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Moist adiabat Environ. lapse rate z stable unstable T IR out to space = cooling from above General “recipe” for destabilizing any air: warm from below and/or cool from above p.204a
“Herman’s Rule”: Rain in TUS requires colder than -21C at 500 mb over San Diego Moist adiabat 500 z (mb) stable unstable -21C 15 C T Fig. 8-6, p.208 Fixed by Pacific ocean
Cyclonic flow (counter clockwise in NH) Low pressure trough Fig. 8-19, p.220