WHEN LOOKING FOR CSI ON A VERTICAL CROSS SECTION

1) THE AIRMASS NEEDS TO BE SATURATED (ᢈ% RELATIVE HUMIDITY).

2) CSI IS PRESENT WHEN THE SLOPE OF THE 1e IS STEEPER THAN THE SLOPE OF THE MOMENTUM SURFACE.

3) THE LIGHT GREEN SHADING INDICATES AREAS OF CSI.

ADAPTED FROM MOORE AND LAMBERT, 1993

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