Weather

1. - A storm lasting about 3 hours or longer with sustained winds 35 mph or greater with frequent gusts to 35 mph or greater; and considerable falling and/or blowing snow frequently reducing visibilities to less than 1/4 mile.
3. - a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to a standard value.
5. - An ocean wave generated by a submarine earthquake, volcano or landslide. (Also known as a seismic seawave, and incorrectly as a tidal wave).
6. - A shower accompanied by thunder. It is always accompanied by lightning and thunder, and occasionally by strong gusty winds, hail, and or heavy rain.
9. - air in motion relative to the surface of the earth.
11. Fine dry or wet dust or salt particles in the air that reduce visibility.
12. - An area of low pressure around which winds blow counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. Also the term used for a hurricane in the Indian Ocean and in the Western Pacific Ocean.
13. - Precipitation of liquid water particles which, in contrast to drizzle, are widely separated and larger in size.
14. - High flow, overflow or inundation of a normally dry area which causes or threatens damage.

2. Optical phenomenon when light is refracted and reflected by moisture in the air into concentric arcs of color.
4. The sound wave produced as a lightning stroke heats the air causing it to rapidly expand.
5. - A violent rotating column of air, usually forming a pendant from a cumulonimbus cloud with the circulation reaching the ground. It nearly always starts as a funnel cloud and may be accompanied by a loud roaring noise. On a local scale, it is the most destructive of all atmospheric phenomena.
7. - Unless qualified by such words as " occasional" or " intermittent" , a prediction of snow indicates a steady fall of a few hours or more.
8. - Rings or arcs that seem to encircle the sun or moon. They are caused by the refraction of light through the ice crystals in cirrus clouds.
10. - Precipitation of small balls or other pieces of ice (hailstones) falling separately or frozen together in irregular lumps. (Typically associated with thunderstorms and surface temperatures above freezing).