Weather

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Across
  1. 3. a storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation and frequent thunder & lightning
  2. 8. a tropical storm that has winds of ~119 km/hr or higher
  3. 11. a scientist who studies & tries to predict the weather
  4. 15. when an air mass is cut off
  5. 16. the percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a particular temperature
  6. 20. a line on a weather map that joins places that have the same temperature
  7. 21. move away temporarily
  8. 23. an overflowing of water in a normally dry area
  9. 24. fluffy, white clouds that look like cotton
  10. 25. the process by which water vapor becomes liquid water
  11. 26. measures relative humidity with a wet-bulb thermometer & a dry-bulb thermometer
  12. 27. a rapidly spinning column of air that reaches down from a thunderstorm to touch Earth’s surface
  13. 29. a long period of scarce rainfall or dry weather
  14. 30. an open ended tube that collects rain for measurement
  15. 31. a sudden spark, or energy discharge, caused when electrical charges jump between parts of a cloud, between nearby clouds, or between a cloud and the ground
Down
  1. 1. a “dome” of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands
  2. 2. a violent disturbance in the atmosphere
  3. 4. a humid air mass that forms over the ocean
  4. 5. a line on a weather map that joins places that have the same air pressure
  5. 6. a dry air mass that forms over land
  6. 7. the boundary where unlike air masses meet but don’t mix
  7. 9. the continual movement of water through Earth’s systems
  8. 10. any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth’s surface
  9. 12. bands of high speed winds about 10 km above Earth’s surface
  10. 13. a huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height
  11. 14. wispy, feathery clouds made of ice crystals that form at high levels
  12. 17. the process by which molecules of liquid water escape into the air after becoming water vapor
  13. 18. a warm air mass that forms in the tropics
  14. 19. the temperature at which condensation begins
  15. 22. the amount of water vapor in the air
  16. 26. a cold air mass that forms north of 50⁰ north latitude or south of 50⁰ south latitude
  17. 28. clouds that form in flat layers & often cover much of the sky