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Loaded Gun (Sounding)


   Weather TermDescription / Definition
   Loaded Gun (Sounding) [Slang], a sounding characterized by extreme instability but containing a cap, such that explosive thunderstorm development can be expected if the cap can be weakened or the air below it heated sufficiently to overcome it.


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