Meteorology Chapter 7

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Across
  1. 3. precipitation that falls from a cloud but evaporates before reaching the ground
  2. 4. the clustering together of ice crystals to form snowflakes
  3. 5. ice pellets 5 mm or less in diameter
  4. 6. the depth of water which would result from melting a snow sample
  5. 8. an amount of precipitation less than 0.01 inches
  6. 10. a heavy snow shower that greatly reduces visibility
  7. 12. the growth of a precipitation particle by the collision of an ice crystal or snowflake with a supercooled liquid droplet
Down
  1. 1. the merging of cloud droplets into a single larger droplet
  2. 2. any form of water particles, liquid or solid, that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground
  3. 7. particles of ice that range from pea size to golf ball size usually produced in thunderstorms
  4. 9. an instrument which can detect objects by how they reflect back microwaves
  5. 11. solid precipitation made of ice crystals in hexagonal form