Got a question that has had me puzzled for a while. Does a cloud always form when the temp of the air reaches just below the dewpoint?
For example on the ground the temp is 12 and the dewpoint is 8. Assuming a standard lapse rate of 2 deg C per 1000' your air temp would be 8 at 2000' assuming a sea level departure. Shouldn't a cloud form at that point or close to it?
Anyone have any good insight as to why no cloud forms? Has the dewpoint changed at that altitude or something?
Just wondering.
For example on the ground the temp is 12 and the dewpoint is 8. Assuming a standard lapse rate of 2 deg C per 1000' your air temp would be 8 at 2000' assuming a sea level departure. Shouldn't a cloud form at that point or close to it?
Anyone have any good insight as to why no cloud forms? Has the dewpoint changed at that altitude or something?
Just wondering.