WEATHER
Across
- 5. a low pressure,heavy rainstorm that includes lightning as well as thunder and forms from rising warm air and sinking cold air
- 9. A measure of the amount of pressure being exerted on a location by the atmosphere
- 11. the gases that surround the earth
- 13. the movement of air to the right on Earth,caused by Earth's rotation
- 15. a spinning column of low pressure air that moves in a narrow path over land
- 16. a weather instrument to measure wind direction
- 17. the directional winds that usually occur in a region
Down
- 1. a large rotating storm with very low air pressure that begins over warm ocean waters
- 2. air pressure associated with rising air, cloudy skies and rainy conditions
- 3. air pressure associated with falling air,fair skies, and dry conditions
- 4. a large body of air with relatively uniform characteristics
- 6. a narrow band of winds greater than57 miles per hour in the upper atmosphere
- 7. A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
- 8. a weather instrument to measure wind speed
- 10. a weather instrument that measures humidity
- 12. The boundary between two air masses
- 14. a weather instrument that measures air pressure