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...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

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