Weather
Across
- 3. "It's going to be in the 60's next week"...is an example of weather or climate?
- 8. The rotation of air along a cold front
- 10. A hurricane will rapidly dissipate when it moves over _____ because it loses it's supply of warm ocean water
- 12. A cold front will bring _____ air behind it and have ______ air in front of it
- 14. Air masses are described in terms of their _______ and _______ e.g. cP
- 16. All low pressure systems rotate this direction in the Norther Hemisphere
- 17. A large volume of air that reflects the terrain that it is moving over
- 20. These strong winds force warm humid air up and fueling thunderstorms
- 21. This upper level wind is responsible for keeping warm air out of Michigan in the winter time
Down
- 1. This is the scale that categorizes hurricane strenght
- 2. Thunderstorms within cumulonimbus clouds can produce these golf ball sized frozen pellets
- 4. Tornado intensity is measured using this scale
- 5. This towering type of cloud forms along a cold front
- 6. This is the boundary between two large air masses
- 7. This type of front is when two cold air masses meet and force warmer air up above them both
- 9. "The average temperatures throughout April have increased 3 degrees in the last 20 years" is an example of weather or climate?
- 11. The two air masses that impact Michigan the most are __ out of Canada and __ out of the Gulf of Mexico
- 13. A warm front will bring _____ air behind it and have ______ air in front of it
- 15. These charged particles get split at the top and bottom of a storm cloud, which lightning strikes between
- 18. In the Northern Hemisphere, high pressure system winds move ______ and spin clockwise
- 19. A city that has a cold front approaching might experience these in the coming days