Supercell Environment:
CAPE and Energy
• Once a air parcel breaks through
the capping inversion, it will rush upward
as a violent updraft toward the tropopause.
•The
rising air derives its energy from the release of latent
heat from the condensation of water vapor.
•The
moist air at the surface feeds this updraft,
providing the fuel necessary to drive the
rapidly growing supercell.