Convective inhibition as a predictor of convection during AVE- SESAME II.

Abstract

The AVE-SESAME II data set of 19 April 1979 is examined to determine the thermodynamic conditions prior to the onset of deep convection in western Kansas. The observations indicate that the convective region was characterized locally by substantial potential convective energy and low convective inhibition above the boundary layer. One-dimensional modeling shows that the convection occurred where the convective inhibition was a minimum, but not where the potential convective energy was a maximum. -from Author