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4. of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.
6. front the boundary of an advancing mass of cold air, in particular the trailing edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system.
9. A hurricane is a tropical storm with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more.
11. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
14. a storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.
15. front the boundary of an advancing mass of warm air, in particular the leading edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system.

1. a form of precipitation consisting of ice pellets, often mixed with rain or snow.
2. an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land.
3. a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility.
5. the process of turning from liquid into vapor.
7. 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.
8. an instrument for measuring the humidity of the air or a gas.
10. gauge a device for collecting and measuring the amount of rain which falls.
12. a line on a map connecting points having the same atmospheric pressure at a given time or on average over a given period.
13. a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface which obscures or restricts visibility (to a greater extent than mist; strictly, reducing visibility to below 1 km).