latent instability

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latent instability [′lāt·ənt ‚in·stə′bil·əd·ē]

(meteorology)

The state of that portion of a conditionally unstable air column lying above the level of free convection; latent instability is released only if an initial impulse on a parcel gives it sufficient kinetic energy to carry it through the layer below the level of free convection, within which the environment is warmer than the parcel.

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