According to NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center, there is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms in the southern half of Lower Michigan. While the forecast indicates a small area of risk, experts suggest ...

Alberta also snagged Canada’s first tornado in 2023, recorded on May 11 near Cayley. Another case of a landspout was observed ...

CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy) is spiked - indicating strong convective activity. Dew Point-Air Temperature Difference is at -2°C - alignment remains decent. Convergence is deeper ...

One way to assess this is by looking at CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy) around the region on Sunday. CAPE represents the amount of ‘fuel’ available for storm development.

“Around here, meteorologists get excited when Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) gets into the low hundreds. (Wednesday), it will exceed 1,000 in some locations,” Mass noted.

Storms are a fascinating yet formidable aspect of atmospheric science, and understanding them requires a grasp of several key ingredients. Among these, Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) ...

Not to get too far into the minutiae, meteorologists measure CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy) as a way to measure the available energy storms can use. 1,000 to 2,000 joules/kilogram ...

Per the Storm Prediction Center: "the lack of robust CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy) and shear likely to be associated with this feature suggests that severe potential should remain ...

“We’re getting very high values of something called CAPE, convective available potential energy,” he explained. CAPE, he added, is used to measure how much energy there potentially could be ...

Very bizarre to see 2000-3000 J/kg of CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy, or thunderstorm fuel) in the Pacific Northwest. For severe weather, we usually look at values over 1500 units.

The more heat, the more storm potential. We measure thunderstorm potential energy by a term called C.A.P.E. or convective available potential energy. This is a measure of instability. The primary ...