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← GeographyWhich outcome affects local precipitation patterns when latent heat fluxes alter air density?
A)Hadley cell circulation expansion
B)Increased mesoscale convective system formation✓
C)Reduced orographic lifting effectiveness
D)Weakened coastal sea breeze strength
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Increased latent heat fluxes lead to air parcel buoyancy, driving vertical ascent, known as convective instability; because rising air cools and condenses, this intensifies cloud formation and precipitation promoting mesoscale convective system formation, therefore more intense local precipitation, rather than stable atmospheric conditions.
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