Cloud Vocabulary
Across
- 4. humidity measure of the amount of water vapor present in the air compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temp
- 5. Tiny droplets of moisture that condenses together
- 6. The amount of water vapor in the air
- 7. middle clouds between 6,500 feet to 18,000 feet
- 8. Cycle Water or moisture evaporates, Droplets condense together, water is releases as precipitation
- 10. Clouds dark, dense, and low clouds. Saturated with moisture. rain or thunderstorms
- 11. clouds usually seen in the winter and indicate fair, but cold weather. In tropical region may indicate hurricane
- 12. A type of stratus cloud that is very low and often touches the ground
- 13. Clouds Thin, wispy, feathery; made of ice crystals. Indicates a change of weather is coming
Down
- 1. The process of making clouds
- 2. Clouds flat and cover a large part of the sky. Lots of humidity/low clouds - stormy weather
- 3. rain, snow, hail, sleet, freezing rain
- 9. Clouds Thick, fluffy, white with a flat base. Fair/nice weather (summer).