Dry Adiabatic VS Wet Adiabatic

• Air parcels cool/warm adiabatically

• If parcel is dry (unsaturated) it rises and cools “dry adiabatically (DALR)” at a rate of 10o C/ 1 kilometer (1o C/ 100 meters)

• If parcel is wet (saturated) it rises and cools “moist adiabatically (MALR)” at a variable rate, but often depicted as 5o C/ 1 kilometer (0.5o C/ 100 meters)

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