Atmospheric instability is a condition where the Earth's atmosphere is considered to be unstable and as a result local weather is highly variable through...

crippling. The general field of study is called structural stability. Atmospheric instability is a major component of all weather systems on Earth. In the theory...

Atmospheric convection is the result of a parcel-environment instability (temperature difference layer) in the atmosphere.[jargon] Different lapse rates...

development. It must be in sufficiently warm sea surface temperatures, atmospheric instability, high humidity in the lower-to-middle levels of the troposphere...

Convergence Zone. In contrast, the African easterly jet and areas of atmospheric instability give rise to cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea....

sufficiently warm sea surface temperatures (at least 26.5 °C (79.7 °F)), atmospheric instability, high humidity in the lower to middle levels of the troposphere...

air parcel to sink. Nonzero CAPE is an indicator of atmospheric instability in any given atmospheric sounding, a necessary condition for the development...

kloʊn/) is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in...

instability may refer to any of several scientific phenomena: Aircraft dynamic modes, including aircraft dynamic instability Atmospheric instability,...

heaps joined at the base. Castellanus clouds are evidence of mid-atmospheric instability and a high mid-altitude lapse rate. They may be a harbinger of...

indicated extreme atmospheric instability values over 6500 J/kg, as well as a favorable vertical shear profile, indicating atmospheric favorability for...

magnify to cause large effects on the system as a whole. This atmospheric instability makes weather forecasting less predictable than tidal waves or...

cyclones move over land, they often produce the wind shear and atmospheric instability required for the development of weak, embedded supercell thunderstorms...

direction using wind barbs. Important atmospheric characteristics such as saturation, atmospheric instability, and wind shear are critical in severe...

from lake effects or atmospheric instability near mountains. Falling snow takes many different forms, depending on atmospheric conditions, especially...

; Aurnou, J. M. (2008). "A Tabletop Demonstration of Atmospheric Dynamics: Baroclinic Instability". Oceanography. 21 (4): 196–201. doi:10.5670/oceanog...

The Kelvin–Helmholtz instability (after Lord Kelvin and Hermann von Helmholtz) is a fluid instability that occurs when there is velocity shear in a single...

development. Such storms are rarely severe and are a result of local atmospheric instability; hence the term "air mass thunderstorm". When such storms have...

tend to indicate comparatively weak instability. Larger cumuliform types are a sign of greater atmospheric instability and convective activity. Depending...

points approaching 70 °F (21 °C) and leading to strong potential atmospheric instability. That morning, an organized cluster of thunderstorms moved into...

mid-tropospheric southwesterly winds, in an environment of low to moderate atmospheric instability (caused by relative warmth and moisture near ground level, with...

as those are the seasons when stronger winds, wind shear, and atmospheric instability are present. Tornadoes are focused in the right front quadrant...

sun to heat up the moisture-laden region, creating significant atmospheric instability. At 3:49 p.m. CDT, the SPC − having gathered enough data to surmise...

around 68–70 °F (20–21 °C) and cold air aloft resulted in high atmospheric instability. Contrary to expectations, a subtropical storm formed on January 16...

temperature scale Kelvin–Helmholtz instability A phenomenon of instability that occurs occasionally in an atmospheric layer within which wind speed increases...

engineering Convective available potential energy, an indicator of atmospheric instability used in meteorology Cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio...

formation of clouds, atmospheric convection, boundary layer meteorology, and vertical instabilities in the atmosphere. Atmospheric thermodynamic diagrams...

relatively meager vertical wind shear. The funnels develop where atmospheric instability and moisture are sufficient to support towering cumulus clouds...

this time, convective available potential energy—an indicator of atmospheric instability whereby higher values denote a greater likelihood of thunderstorms—and...

Elevated sea surface temperatures, contrasting with cold atmospheric air, encourage atmospheric instability, especially within the troposphere. In general, most...