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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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Glossary

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

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

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

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.