Crossword Review

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Across
  1. 2. a violent, whirling wind that moves in a narrow path and is capable of catastrophic destruction
  2. 4. wind speed (mph) of the weakest possible hurricane
  3. 9. what type of air mass forms over the North Atlantic bringing cold air to Stroudsburg
  4. 10. Puffy clouds that indicate fair weather
  5. 11. this frontal boundary results when cold air catches up to the front of a warm air mass and pushes it all off of the ground
  6. 12. dry air that moves into the U.S. from Canada or Mexico
  7. 15. thunderstorms form when warm, humid air does this quickly
  8. 16. middle part of the U.S. where most tornadoes occur
  9. 20. layered or flat clouds that cover most of the sky
  10. 21. a line of equal air pressure on a weather map
  11. 22. the heaviest air, represented as a line with triangles on a weather map
  12. 23. the largest storm on Earth, gains it's strength from warm ocean waters
  13. 25. upper tropospheric wind that separates polar and tropical air and pushes storm systems around the planet
  14. 27. the most dangerous result of a hurricane, occurs at the coast
  15. 28. temperature gets ________ as altitude increases in the troposphere
Down
  1. 1. large body of air that has the same temperature and humidity as the area over which it forms
  2. 3. tall, puffy thunderstorm cloud which can drop hail, heavy rain, lightning, and tornadoes
  3. 5. the boundary line between two different air masses
  4. 6. these high-altitude clouds indicate fair weather today and precipitation soon because they form at the leading edge of storms
  5. 7. this front is made of half circles on a weather map and pushes into cooler air
  6. 8. layered or flat cloud that brings all-day precipitation
  7. 13. clouds form when air cools to this temperature
  8. 14. the frontal boundary where neither cold nor warm air dominates the other
  9. 17. precipitation and storms occur in this type of system that consists of lighter than average air
  10. 18. another name for a cold air mass
  11. 19. means humid air that hovered over an ocean for awhile
  12. 24. this is the location of the strongest winds in a hurricane
  13. 26. motion of air around a high pressure system in the northern hemisphere