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17 December, 01:55

How does subsidence at the storm's periphery make surface air relatively dry there?

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  1. 17 December, 05:39
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    Subsidence is simply sinking air. As air sinks it warms adiabatically due to increasing pressure as it sinks. As air warms it can hold more water vapor. The sinking air warms but does not acquire more water vapor thus its relative humidity decreases, thus the relative dryness that results.
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