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Meteorology

a stability index comparing the 500 hPa temperature with that of a parcel lifted from 850 hPa, used to forecast thunderstorms.

In meteorology, Showalter index refers to a stability index comparing the 500 hPa temperature with that of a parcel lifted from 850 hPa, used to forecast thunderstorms. This meaning comes from Showalter (1953) in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.[1]

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References

Showalter, A. K. (1953). A Stability Index for Thunderstorm Forecasting. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 34(6), 250-252. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477-34.6.250

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