What is Confluence?
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often describes regions of converging airflows that can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
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A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...
A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...
A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...
A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...
The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...