Weather

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Across
  1. 2. a sudden local flood, typically due to heavy rain.
  2. 3. 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. 7. the cooling effect of wind blowing on a surface.
  4. 9. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
  5. 10. an expert in or student of meteorology; a weather forecaster.
  6. 11. a quantity representing the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere or in a gas.
  7. 12. the atmospheric temperature (varying according to pressure and humidity) below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form.
  8. 13. a measure indicating the level of discomfort the average person is thought to experience as a result of the combined effects of the temperature and humidity of the air.
  9. 14. direction of the wind
Down
  1. 1. the fall of rain.
  2. 4. the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object
  3. 5. a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
  4. 6. another term for atmospheric pressure.
  5. 8. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.