Surface air on the windward side of a mountain rises

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Suppose that surface air on the windward side of a mountain rises and descends on the leeward side. Recall from Chapter 4 that the dew-point temperature is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air. Explain, then, why the relative humidity of the descending air drops as the dew-point temperature of the descending air increases.

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