Weather
Across
- 3. mass, large volume of air that has the characteristics of the area over which it forms
- 4. easterlies, global wind systems that lie between latitudes of 60° N/S and the poles and are characterized by cold air.
- 6. line on a weather map connecting areas of equal temperature
- 14. winds, global wind systems that flow between the equator and latitudes of 30° N/S where air sinks, warms, and returns to the equator in a westerly direction.
- 16. instrument used to measure wind speed
- 18. westerlies, global wind systems that lie between 30° and 60° latitude north and south of the equator where air moves toward the pole in an easterly direction
- 19. a weather forecast that compares current weather patterns to patterns that occurred in the past
- 20. short-term variations in atmospheric phenomena
- 21. a weather forecast that uses numerical data to predict how atmospheric variables change over time
Down
- 1. instrument used to measure temperature
- 2. instrument used to measure air pressure
- 5. balloon-borne weather instrument whose sensors measure air pressure, humidity, temperature, wind speed, and wind direction in the upper atmosphere
- 7. region, area over which an air mass forms
- 8. instrument used to measure humidity
- 9. model, record of weather data for a specific place at a specific time, using meteorological symbols
- 10. effect, air moving in the northern hemisphere appears to deflect to the right (and to the left in the southern hemisphere)
- 11. boundary between two air masses of differing densities
- 12. line on a weather map connecting areas of equal pressure
- 13. stream, narrow wind band that occurs above large temperature contrasts and can flow as fast as 185 km/h
- 15. effect, change in the wave frequency that occurs due to the relative motion of the wave as it moves toward or away from the observer
- 17. the long-term averages and variations in weather for a particular area