In the atmosphere, the environmental lapse rate is 8ºC/1000 m. Up to 6000 m, the dry adiabatic rate is greater than the environmental lapse rate. Above this point, the wet adiabatic rate is less than the environmental lapse rate. What prediction might the local meteorologist on television make about the atmospheric stability in this situation?
a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Unchanged
d. Variable