WEATHER · STORM ENERGY
Storm Energy
CAPE — convective available potential energy, the fuel for thunderstorms; bright where the atmosphere is primed to erupt.
What it shows
Storm energy is CAPE — convective available potential energy — the fuel stored in the atmosphere for thunderstorms. High CAPE means the air is primed to erupt upward into towering storms.
How to read it
Bright zones mark where the atmosphere is loaded with storm energy, often ahead of summer afternoons and along weather fronts. It is an ingredient, not a forecast: storms need a trigger too, so high CAPE is potential, not a promise.
SEE IT LIVE
Open the full weather console with storm energy on, then stack other overlays and scrub the forecast.