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convective instability
(redirected from Convective instability of the first kind)

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convective instability [kən′vek·div in·stə′bil·əd·ē]
(meteorology)
The state of an unsaturated layer or column of air in the atmosphere whose wet-bulb potential temperature (or equivalent potential temperature) decreases with elevation. Also known as potential instability.


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