Weather Crossword
Across
- 3. sunrise to sunset
- 6. clouds cover more than 60 percent of the sky
- 7. the boundary or transition zone between two different air masses
- 8. state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness
- 11. precipitation in the form of balls or irregular lumps of ice
- 15. the process by which water vapor becomes a liquid
- 18. 15-25 miles per hour winds that are mild to warm in temperature
- 21. in marine usage winds 55 miles per hour or greater
- 22. a violent rotating column of air
- 24. in winter means four to seven degrees Celsius below normal
- 25. the process of a liquid changing into a vapor or gas
Down
- 1. is moving air
- 2. liquid water droplets that fall from the atmosphere
- 4. a snowfall that suddenly stops,starts, and changes rapidly in intensity
- 5. Occurs when the surface air temperature is expected to be 32 degrees Fahrenheit
- 9. a hurricane that forms in the Western Pacific Ocean
- 10. winter storm with strong winds
- 11. the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere
- 12. the sound caused by a lightning stroke
- 13. liquid or solid water that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground
- 14. means that less than half the sky has clouds
- 16. instrument measures atmospheric pressure
- 17. a severe tropical cyclone with sustained winds over 74 miles per hour
- 19. water overflows the natural or artificial confines of a stream or river
- 20. sky condition when greater than 9/10ths of the sky is covered by clouds
- 21. pollution formed by the interaction of pollutants and sunlight
- 23. abnormally dry weather in a region over an extended period