CONDITIONS PROMOTING

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY (INSTABILITY)


1. Nighttime radiative cooling (daytime radiative heating) of
    surface.

2. Cold (warm) advection at surface.

3. Warm (cold) advection aloft.

4. Warmer (colder) air moving over cold (warm) surface. [lake
    effect]

5. A sinking (rising) layer of air.

6. (Vertical mixing of layers.)