What is Flux?

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

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

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...