What is Inflow (meteorology)?
[[Image:Tor supercell above.jpg|thumb|right|[[Supercell]]ular [[thunderstorm]] image showing [[cumulus cloud|cumulus]] inflow bands]] '''Inflow''' is the flow of a [[fluid]] into a large collection of that fluid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?p=1&query=inflow&submit=Search|author=Glossary of Meteorology|title=Inflow|date=June 2000|accessdate=2009-11-22|publisher=[[American Meteorological Society]]|archive-date=2011-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606104527/http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?p=1&query=inflow&submit=Search|url-status=dead}}</ref> In [[meteorology]], inflow normally means the influx (entry) of warmth and moisture from air within the [[Earth's atmosphere]] into [[storm]] systems. Extratropical cyclones are created by inflow focused along their [[cold front]] and [[warm front]]s. Tropical cyclones need a large inflow of warmth and moisture from warm oceans to become very powerful, mainly within the lowest {{convert|1|km|mi}} of the atmosphere. Once the thunderstorms and their associated [[tornado]]es do not get the flow of warm and moist air, the storms begin to [[wikt:dissipate|dissipate]]. ==Related pages== *[[Outflow (meteorology)]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{weather-stub}} [[Category:Meteorology]]