Weather
Across
- 1. Used to measure pressure at the Earth's Surface
- 3. Local storm produced by a cumulonimbus cloud
- 4. Turbulence caused as wind blows across the Earth's surface
- 5. Cloud made up entirely of ice crystals
- 10. Heat released by a gas to change it to a liquid
- 14. Temperature air must be cooled to have 100% humidity
- 15. Cloud associated with thunderstorms
- 17. Boundary between the troposphere & stratosphere
- 19. Precipitation that falls from a cloud but does not reach the ground
Down
- 2. Lift caused by mountains
- 4. Concentrated downdraft from a thunderstorm
- 6. Vertical transfer of energy, can cause thunderstorms
- 7. Dividing line between two different airmasses
- 8. Fog that forms on clear nights with light winds
- 9. Horizontal movement of air cause by pressure differences
- 11. Thunderstorm with a rotating mesocyclone
- 12. Rotating column of air below a thunderstorm that reaches the ground
- 13. Electrical discharge in the air associated with thunderstorms
- 16. Turbulence generated behind an aircraft that is producing lift
- 18. Makes up 21% of the Earth's atmosphere