Weather Crossword
Across
- 3. Standard scale to measure temperature in the US
- 5. Instrument used to measure humidity
- 7. High clouds composed of ice crystals
- 8. Electrical discharge from a thunderstorm
- 10. An instrument that measures wind speed
- 16. Air in motion relative to the surface of the earth
- 19. An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
- 21. A large mass of rapidly moving snow down a mountain
- 24. Ocean wave generated by a submarine earthquake
- 25. Process of liquid changing into a vapor or gas
- 26. Very fine water droplets at ground level
- 27. Water droplets suspended in air near the earth's surface causing reduced visibility
- 28. Study of the atmosphere
- 32. The mass of air surrounding the earth
- 33. Precipitation of liquid water particles
- 34. Liquid or solid water molecules that fall from the atmosphere and reach the ground
- 35. Transfer of heat between bodies that are in contact
- 36. Amount of water vapor in the atmosphere
Down
- 1. When temperature near the surface is expected to be 32 or below
- 2. Temperature scale in which 0 is freezing point of water and 100 is boiling point
- 3. Formation of thin ice crystals on the ground
- 4. Sound wave produced as a lightning stroke heats the air causing it to rapidly expand
- 5. Severe tropical cyclone with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph
- 6. The absence of apparent motion in the air
- 9. Flat low level clouds
- 11. A shower accompanied by thunder
- 12. Moisture condensed on objects near the ground
- 13. Process of gas changing to liquid
- 14. Measure of warmth or coldness of an object
- 15. Solid grains of ice which form from the freezing of raindrops
- 17. Attraction of two masses to one another
- 18. Precipitation of small balls falling separately
- 20. Clouds in the shape of detached domes
- 22. Historical record of average daily and seasonal weather events
- 23. Transfer of heat within a gas or liquid by their movement
- 29. Concentric arcs of color in the air
- 30. Sustained winds of 15 to 25 mph
- 31. Violent rotating column of air reaching the ground