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...
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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...
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air parcel to sink. Nonzero CAPE is an indicator of atmospheric instability in any given atmospheric sounding, a necessary condition for the development...
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development. It must be in sufficiently warm sea surface temperatures, atmospheric instability, high humidity in the lower-to-middle levels of the troposphere...
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Atmospheric convection is the result of a parcel-environment instability (temperature difference layer) in the atmosphere.[jargon] Different lapse rates...
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Convergence Zone. In contrast, the African easterly jet and areas of atmospheric instability give rise to cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea....
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instability may refer to any of several scientific phenomena: Aircraft dynamic modes, including aircraft dynamic instability Atmospheric instability,...
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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...
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Skew-T log-P diagram (category Atmospheric thermodynamics)
direction using wind barbs. Important atmospheric characteristics such as saturation, atmospheric instability, and wind shear are critical in severe...
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points approaching 70 °F (21 °C) and leading to strong potential atmospheric instability. That morning, an organized cluster of thunderstorms moved into...
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mid-tropospheric southwesterly winds, in an environment of low to moderate atmospheric instability (caused by relative warmth and moisture near ground level, with...
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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...
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indicated extreme atmospheric instability values over 6500 J/kg, as well as a favorable vertical shear profile, indicating atmospheric favorability for...
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kloʊn/) is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in...
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magnify to cause large effects on the system as a whole. This atmospheric instability makes weather forecasting less predictable than tidal waves or...
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as those are the seasons when stronger winds, wind shear, and atmospheric instability are present. Tornadoes are focused in the right front quadrant...
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Baroclinity (redirect from Baroclinic instability)
; Aurnou, J. M. (2008). "A Tabletop Demonstration of Atmospheric Dynamics: Baroclinic Instability". Oceanography. 21 (4): 196–201. doi:10.5670/oceanog...
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tend to indicate comparatively weak instability. Larger cumuliform types are a sign of greater atmospheric instability and convective activity. Depending...
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Thunderstorm (category Atmospheric electricity)
development. Such storms are rarely severe and are a result of local atmospheric instability; hence the term "air mass thunderstorm". When such storms have...
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relatively meager vertical wind shear. The funnels develop where atmospheric instability and moisture are sufficient to support towering cumulus clouds...
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this time, convective available potential energy—an indicator of atmospheric instability whereby higher values denote a greater likelihood of thunderstorms—and...
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from lake effects or atmospheric instability near mountains. Falling snow takes many different forms, depending on atmospheric conditions, especially...
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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...
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formation of clouds, atmospheric convection, boundary layer meteorology, and vertical instabilities in the atmosphere. Atmospheric thermodynamic diagrams...
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eruptions and atmospheric nuclear explosions, supernova explosions in which expanding core gas is accelerated into denser shell gas, instabilities in plasma...
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Cold drop (category Atmospheric dynamics)
not always accompanied by significant rainfall. For this, high atmospheric instability in the lower air layers needs to combine with a significant amount...
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engineering Convective available potential energy, an indicator of atmospheric instability used in meteorology Cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio...
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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...
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swells. July 9, 2018 – Moderate showers signal the arrival of atmospheric instability and moisture from Tropical Storm Chris to the southwest. July 13...
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Elevated sea surface temperatures, contrasting with cold atmospheric air, encourage atmospheric instability, especially within the troposphere. In general, most...
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