PMS Weather Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. An instrument that measures and indicates temperature
  2. 5. a natural or artificial wall that prevents rivers from flooding cities
  3. 6. when a cold air mass is replacing a warmer air mass (temperature drops)
  4. 7. warm air that rises over and replaces a mass of cold air. brings rain/light snow followed by warmer weather
  5. 10. a small spinning column of air that has high wind speeds and touches the ground
  6. 13. a tool that orbits earth and collects pictures to analyze weather patterns and data
  7. 15. the most powerful storm on earth
  8. 16. region where the atmospheric pressure at the surface is greater than surrounding areas
  9. 18. displays various meteorological features of a location at a point in time
Down
  1. 1. whirling mass of warm, moist air that brings stormy weather
  2. 2. an instrument used to measure the amount of water vapor, humidity, in the air
  3. 4. an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
  4. 8. an instrument used to measure wind speed
  5. 9. two fronts that form when a cold front catches up and overtakes a warm front
  6. 11. large body of air where temperature and moisture content are consistent throughout
  7. 12. a front with a pair of air masses, either of which is strong enough to replace the other
  8. 14. finds the location, movement, and amount of precipitation in a weather system
  9. 15. the cycle sequence in which water flows from vapor, precipitation, then back into the atmosphere
  10. 17. large wall that stops the flow of water, forming a lake