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Several flow
patterns are
characteristic of
large deformation: confluence,
diffluence, and
shear flow. Confluence, also
known as stretching, is the elongating...
- skies,
diamond dust is
sometimes referred to as clear-sky precipitation.
diffluence The
elongation of a
fluid body, such as an air m****,
normal to the flow...
-
moderate upper-level wind
shear inhibited organization,
while strong diffluence aloft aided in
developing convection.
Vertical shear decreased greatly...
- have
helped to
facilitate the cyclone's intensification; the
first was
diffluence or
streamline divergence – the
elongating of a
fluid body
normal to the...
- and deep
convection to the north, the
system underwent development from
diffluence, low to
moderate vertical wind shear, and warm sea
surface temperatures...
- land,
believed to have been
caused by the
process known as upper-level
diffluence. On 29 December, what was
originally believed to be a
separate system...
- are
drawn across to the
Northeast by the jet stream. The
divergence or
diffluence in the
upper atmosphere caused by the jet
stream removes and dis****s...
-
continued its
approach from the west, upper-air
plots showed enhanced diffluence focused across much of the region. Into the
afternoon hours, the surface...
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April as the
storm remained in a
region of low wind
shear and
favourable diffluence.
Early on 22
April the
Bureau of
Meteorology upgraded Monica to a Category 5...
-
system can be
steered by the
upper level system into an area with
better diffluence aloft,
which can
cause further development.
Weaker upper cyclones are...
