5. Winds warmed by compression that descend the castern slopes of the Rocky Mountains are known as chinooks. At a mountain peak of 4 km, a saturated parcel is -15° C. The parcel precipitates out excess moisture so that it descends the eastern slope back to sea level as an unsaturated parcel. Calculate the temperature of the parcel at sea level.

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5. Winds warmed by compression that descend the castern slopes of the Rocky Mountains are
known as chinooks. At a mountain peak of 4 km, a saturated parcel is -15° C. The parcel
precipitates out excess moisture so that it descends the eastern slope back to sea level as an
unsaturated parcel. Calculate the temperature of the parcel at sea level.
Transcribed Image Text:5. Winds warmed by compression that descend the castern slopes of the Rocky Mountains are known as chinooks. At a mountain peak of 4 km, a saturated parcel is -15° C. The parcel precipitates out excess moisture so that it descends the eastern slope back to sea level as an unsaturated parcel. Calculate the temperature of the parcel at sea level.
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