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What is an inversion with regard to weather? |
Travel Info What is an inversion with regard to weather? Travel Tips A departure from the usual increase or decrease of an atmospheric property with altitude. It usually refers to an increase in temperature with increasing altitude, which is a departure from the usual decrease of temperature with height. Source(s): http://www.weather.com/glossary/i.html... Other Travel Tips Normally temperature decreases when you go higher in the air, but when there is an inversion it actually increases as you go up in a particular situation. This can be caused by several things - for example, temporarily as air masses pass one another. An inversion can cause various weather phenomena, including smog and unusual cloud formations. Interesting that you asked this under the "Denver" category - am I to assume you're concerned about the "Brown Cloud"? I lived in Denver for two years, and that was always a target for local DJ's, etc. What's worse is that when there was an inversion, you could go up into the mountains and *SEE* the effect. Quite disturbing, let me tell you..... |
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