What is Flux?

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

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

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...