Weather and Cimate

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Across
  1. 3. clouds that form high in the troposhphere and are made of ice crystals
  2. 5. the percent of water vapor in the air relative to the total amount the air can hold
  3. 6. the large body of air that has about the same conditions throughout
  4. 8. the state of the atmosphere including temperature, pressure, wind and humidity
  5. 14. a system that has more air pressure than their surroundings
  6. 15. when a warm air mass becomes trapped bewtween two cold air masses
  7. 17. when a fast moving cold air mass runs into a warm air mass
  8. 18. known for heavy rains and lightning, hail and high winds are likely
  9. 19. when a fast moving warm air mass runs into a cold air mass
  10. 20. There are four main types of this including rain, sleet, snow, and hail
  11. 21. the temperature at which water vapor condenses
  12. 24. a snow storm that has high winds greater than 35 mph
Down
  1. 1. the amount of water vapor in the air
  2. 2. All the weather conditions for a particular location over a long period
  3. 4. clouds that form low in the troposhphere and happen in layers that cover the entire sky
  4. 7. The continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere
  5. 9. systems that have less pressure and suck air into them because nature wants everything to be equal
  6. 10. an enourmous storm with high winds and heavy rains, form over warm ocean water
  7. 11. when air heats and expands so quickly that it explodes
  8. 12. a boundary between air masses that have different temperatures
  9. 13. when two air masses stop moving when they meet
  10. 16. clouds that are puffy and white, cause rain and mostly grow upward
  11. 22. a funnel shaped cloud of whirling high winds
  12. 23. a huge release of electricity, can jump between oppositely charged parts of the same cloud