Impact of water loading in parcel (2 of 3)

• No condensate is assumed to fall out of parcel, so water loading is exaggerated

• Assumes a reversible process; implies total condensate mixing ratios in parcel approach 20 g kg-1! (not realistic)

• Theories:

  • Partly compensates for lack of entrainment?
  • Reduces “double counting” of heating aloft by grid-scale heating from ice processes?
  • Mean properties of convection where most stabilization occurs is not the most intense?