Convective condensation level

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The convective condensation level (CCL) represents the height where an air parcel becomes saturated when lifted adiabatically to achieve buoyant ascent.

It marks where cloud base begins when air is heated from below to the convective temperature, without mechanical lift. Can be roughly approximated by taking the spread between the surface temperature and dewpoint and dividing by 4.4 (Celsius), then multiplying the result by 1000.

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SKEW-T: A LOOK AT CCL
Convective condensation level (CCL) (Glossary of Meteorology)

v t e Meteorological data and variables

General	Adiabatic processes Lapse rate Lightning Surface solar radiation Surface weather analysis Visibility Vorticity Wind

Condensation	Cloud Cloud condensation nuclei Fog Lifted condensation level (LCL) Precipitation Water vapor

Convection	Convective available potential energy (CAPE) Convective inhibition (CIN) Convective instability Convective temperature (T_c) Equilibrium level (EL) Helicity Level of free convection (LFC) Lifted index (LI) Bulk Richardson number (BRN)

Temperature	Dew point (T_d) Equivalent temperature (T_e) Forest fire weather index Haines Index Heat index Humidex Humidity Potential temperature (θ) Equivalent potential temperature (θ_e) Sea surface temperature (SST) Wet-bulb temperature Wet-bulb potential temperature Wind chill

Pressure	Atmospheric pressure Baroclinity Barotropicity

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Convective condensation level

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