capping inversion

However, if the air at the surface is unstable enough, strong updrafts can be forced through the capping inversion.

A cap or capping inversion is usually required to form an updraft of sufficient strength.

However, dry air at higher levels created a capping inversion, limiting the number of thunderstorms that could develop.

This is known as a capping inversion.

At that point, the capping inversion was disrupted and the air mass was dispersed.

This would counter, or "erode" the increase of temperature with height that is present during a capping inversion.

Surface cooling causes a small capping inversion to form aloft allowing the air to become stable.

That is one reason why an inversion aloft is sometimes called a capping inversion.

Sudden development of turkey towers could signify the breaking or weakening of a capping inversion.

If the capping inversion layer or "cap" is too strong (too close to the surface), it will prevent thunderstorms from developing.

Such capping inversions typically precede the development of tornadoes in the Midwestern United States.

A capping inversion is an elevated inversion layer that caps a convective boundary layer.

This warmer air aloft can describe either, or both, weak lapse rates thus weak instability or a capping inversion.

When an inversion layer forms at some distance above the earth, it is called an inversion aloft (sometimes referred to as a capping inversion).

A capping inversion occurs when there is a boundary layer with a normal temperature profile (warm air rising into cooler air) and the layer above that is an inversion layer (cooler air below warm air).

The amount of and shape of the positive area modulates the speed of updrafts, extreme CAPE can result in explosive thunderstorm development; such rapid development usually occurs when CAPE stored by a capping inversion is released when the "lid" is broken by heating or mechanical lift.