Science Weather Review
Across
- 4. large rotating storm with high-speed winds that forms over warm waters in tropical areas
- 5. instrument to measure temperature
- 6. high altitude band of wind blowing west to east that form between warm and cold air masses
- 7. a front where warm air moves over cold air and brings drizzly rain and then are followed by warm and clear weather
- 9. flat, dense sheets of clouds that result in cloudy or rainy weather
- 13. warm ocean current that starts in the Gulf of Mexico and flows north along the eastern coast of the United States; brings warmer weather
- 14. an instrument used to measure precipitation or rainfall
- 15. high wispy clouds during fair weather that sometimes indicate a change in weather is coming
- 16. prediction about what the weather will be like in the near future
- 17. cooling of the surface of the Pacific Ocean
- 19. an instrument used to measure air pressure
- 20. warming of the surface of the Pacific Ocean
- 21. the weight of air as it presses down on Earth's surface
- 22. an instrument that measures wind speed and direction
- 23. a whirling mass of warm, moist air that generally brings stormwith strongwithstrong winds
Down
- 1. a whirling mass of cool, dry air that generally brings fair weather and light winds
- 2. half of the earth
- 3. puffy clouds that occur during fair weather
- 8. vane instrument used to measure wind direction
- 10. a measure of how hot or cold something is
- 11. a whirling mass of warm, moist air that generally brings stormy weather with strong winds
- 12. mostly clear skies with no chance of rain or storms
- 18. water that falls to the earth as rain or snow