The condensation level of a parcel of air is the height at which, rising, it becomes saturated. Water condenses above it: the condensation level is the flat base of the clouds that the rising air forms.
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Example 4.9 (An afternoon cumulus)
In the afternoon of Example 4.4, the air at the ground is at with a dew point of . Rising bubbles become saturated at : the cumulus have their flat bases about up. In the morning, at , the same air would have condensed at only : cloud bases rise through the day as the ground warms.