What is Flux?

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

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

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...