Home / study / science / earth sciences / questions and answers / explain what a conditionally unstable atmosphere question: explain what a conditionally unstable atmosphere explain what a conditionally unstable atmosphere is. include in your explanation, the comparison between the environmental lapse rate with the two air parcel lapse rates (the two air parcel lapse rates being the “dry adiabatic lapse rate” & the “saturated adiabatic lapse rate”). also discuss why the environment’s stability is “conditional” for this situation.