Storm Spotter Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. a swirling center of low pressure
  2. 6. winds that blow over short distances
  3. 9. the horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure
  4. 10. a funnel shaped cloud that reaches down to earth’s surface
  5. 11. the continual movement of the water among Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation
  6. 12. the amount of water vapor in a given volume of air
  7. 13. the flow of cooler air from over an ocean or lake toward land
  8. 18. a high pressure center of dry air
  9. 19. the process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas
  10. 20. the pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area
  11. 21. an instrument used to measure relative humidity
  12. 23. a cold air mass that forms north of 50 north latitude or south of 50 south latitude and has high air pressure
  13. 24. an instrument that measures changes in air pressure without using a liquid
  14. 26. a measure of cooling combining temperature and speed
  15. 27. a dry air mass that forms over land
  16. 29. the flow of air from land to a body of water
  17. 30. bands of high speed winds about 10 kilometers above earth’s surface
  18. 31. a small storm often accompanied by heavy rain and frequent thunder and lightning
  19. 33. the change of state from a gas to a liquid
  20. 34. an instrument used to measure changes in air pressure
  21. 35. a huge body of air that has a similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height
  22. 37. elevation above sea level
  23. 40. a violent disturbance in the atmosphere
  24. 41. move away temporarily from an area about to be affected by severe weather
Down
  1. 1. the ratio of the mass of a substance to its volume
  2. 2. the boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not mix
  3. 3. winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances
  4. 4. cut off, as in a front where a warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses
  5. 7. a sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electrical charges jump between parts of a could, nearby clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
  6. 8. a warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure
  7. 14. the distance in degrees north or south of the equator
  8. 15. the effect of the earth’s rotation on the directions of winds
  9. 16. a dome of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands
  10. 17. a scientist who studies the causes of weather and tries to predict it
  11. 22. an instrument that measures changes in air pressure, consisting of glass tube partially filled with mercury, with its open end resting in a dish of mercury
  12. 25. the percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapour that the air can contain at a particular temperature
  13. 28. an instrument used to measure wind speed
  14. 32. a tropical storm with winds 119 km/h or up
  15. 36. a humid air mass that forms over oceans
  16. 38. a line on a weather map that joins places that have the same temperature
  17. 39. a line on a weather map that joins places that have the same air pressure