Severe Weather
Across
- 2. an arch of colors formed in the sky in certain circumstances, caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun's light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere.
- 4. a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
- 6. a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.
- 7. a cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface that limits visibility (to a lesser extent than fog
- 10. pleasantly windy.
- 13. a storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.
- 14. a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility
- 15. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
- 18. Storm storm of freezing rain that leaves a coating of ice.
- 19. (of weather, a period of time, or a place) marked by or exposed to strong winds.
- 21. A system of winds that are rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure
- 22. atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.
Down
- 1. the occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash and typically also thunder.
- 3. tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night, when atmospheric vapor condenses.
- 4. the state or quality of being humid.
- 5. full of or accompanied by fog.
- 8. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
- 9. a prolonged period of abnormally hot weather.
- 11. a fall of snow.
- 12. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.
- 16. moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops.
- 17. pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.
- 20. a rainstorm, especially a very heavy one.