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Which profile of humidity produces potential instability?

  • A.Saturation through the whole depth of the layer, which allows the latent heat to be released everywhere at once
  • B.Moist air beneath dry air
  • C.Dry air beneath moist air, so that the top of the layer saturates first as the whole layer is lifted upward
  • D.Uniform humidity

Answer: B

A moist layer beneath a dry one has equivalent potential temperature falling with height, and lifting saturates the base first, releasing latent heat there while the top continues to cool at the dry rate. The lapse rate steepens until the layer becomes unstable. Uniform humidity or complete saturation give no such differential effect. Naming the cost of a choice alongside its benefit is what turns a fact into a design decision.

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