A parcel of air at elevation zo is suddenly given a downward momentum. The local atmospheric lapse rate is 6.5 F per 1000feet. (a) Draw this local environmental lapse rate and the adiabatic lapse rate on a linear graph paper. (b) Give a brief description of what would happen to this parcel of air? Is this region stable, neutral or unstable?

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