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What is Conduction?

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when energy is transferred from molecule to molecule.

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The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

Weather is the day-to-day meteorological conditions that happen in our atmosphere. Weather can change within minutes, which...

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

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

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.