Synoptic charts
Across
- 1. Boundary where warm air advances over cold air (9)
- 6. Boundary where cold air advances beneath warm air (9)
- 8. Rotating low-pressure system in the atmosphere (7)
- 12. Area of low pressure, often bringing unsettled weather (10)
- 13. Elongated area of low pressure (6)
- 14. Shapes on a line indicating a Cold Front
- 15. Warm and cold fronts bring this
- 16. Extension of high pressure between two lows (5)
Down
- 2. Area of high pressure, usually bringing fine weather (11)
- 3. A cold front catches up and joins a warm front (8)
- 4. Boundary between two air masses of different temperatures (5)
- 5. Isobars close together indicate there will be more ____ (wind)
- 7. Area of descending air bringing calm and settled weather (12)
- 9. Force exerted by the weight of the atmosphere (8)
- 10. Line connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure (6)
- 11. Common pressure unit used on synoptic charts (9)