What is Flux?

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

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

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

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

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

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

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...