V12 Vocab
Across
- 3. describes the atmospheric conditions at a specific place at a specific point in time
- 4. when the air cannot hold any more water
- 6. a person who studies the atmosphere and forecasting the weather
- 8. the temperature of the air when the air becomes saturated
- 9. an area on one side of a mountain that does not receive much rain
- 11. a condition of the atmosphere in which the pressure is below average
- 12. the amount of moisture in the air
- 14. a destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system
Down
- 1. the amount of moisture in the air compared with the maximum amount of moisture the air can hold
- 2. the average pattern for weather over a period of months, years, decades, or longer in a specific place
- 3. the boundary that forms between two different air masses
- 5. a condition of the atmosphere in which the pressure is above average
- 7. a large body of air that has the same moisture and temperature
- 10. a large tropical storm system with high-powered circular winds
- 13. symbols on a weather map that indicate air pressure