State One Example of How a Meteorologist Would Use the Concept

question 101

Essay

State one example of how a meteorologist would use the concept of potential instability to forecast weather.

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Definitions:

Hot Spot

A volcanic region thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared with the surrounding mantle.

Transform Boundary

A type of tectonic plate boundary where plates slide past each other horizontally, causing seismic activity.

Caribbean Region

A geographical area comprising the Caribbean Sea, its islands (including the West Indies), and the surrounding coasts located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland.

Caribbean Plate

A mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America and the Caribbean Sea off the north coast of South America.