What is Flux?
The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.
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The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...
The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...
A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...
The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...