What is Flux?

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

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

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.