weather
Across
- 4. the occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage accompanied by a bright flash
- 7. any type of water that falls onto earth's surface
- 8. atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes
- 9. the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object
- 12. the temperature the air needs to be cooled to in order to achieve a relative humidity of 100%
- 15. a storm with a violent wind, typically a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean
Down
- 1. a form of precipitation containing ice pellets, often mixed with rain or snow
- 2. an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond it's normal confides. especially over what is normally dry lands
- 3. pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers
- 5. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water
- 6. an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially when predicting the weather
- 10. moisture condensed in the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops
- 11. a destructive vortex of violently rotating winds, advancing under a large storm system
- 13. a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning strike due to the expansion of rapidly heated air
- 14. a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility