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Convergence

Convergence in a horizontal wind field indicates that more air is entering a given area than is leaving at that level. To compensate for the resulting "excess," vertical motion may result: upward forcing if convergence is at low levels, or downward forcing (subsidence) if convergence is at high levels. Upward forcing from low-level convergence increases the potential for thunderstorm development.

More Glossary Terms:

• Cold Front
• Compute
• Condensation
• Condense
• Convection

• Conversion
• Correlation
• Cumulus
• Cyclogenesis
• Desalinate