Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) represents the positive buoyant energy available to a rising parcel, while Convective Inhibition (CIN) represents the negative energy barrier (capping) that must be overcome before free convection can begin.
For a thunderstorm to actually develop in a conditionally (potentially) unstable atmosphere, the negative energy barrier (CIN) capping the boundary layer must be smaller than...
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