Weather Forecasting 2

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Across
  1. 2. Measure of the potential for rotating updrafts in storms, based on wind shear and storm-relative wind profiles, important for tornado formation
  2. 5. Convective Available Potential Energy; measure of atmospheric instability representing the energy available for strong updrafts and thunderstorm development
  3. 6. Violently rotating column of air extending from storm cloud to ground
  4. 8. Measure of returned radar signal strength from precipitation particles, used to estimate rainfall intensity and storm structure
  5. 10. Period of unusually cold weather conditions
  6. 13. Cloud at ground level reducing visibility
  7. 15. Amount of liquid water present in clouds, important at very low levels for fog forecasting
  8. 16. Process where air flows come together at the surface, forcing air to rise and often leading to cloud formation and storm development
  9. 19. Measure of light extinction in the atmosphere due to particles like dust, aerosols, and clouds
  10. 20. Ice pellets formed in strong thunderstorm updrafts
  11. 21. Small rotating column of dust formed by intense surface heating
  12. 22. Light fog with partial visibility reduction
  13. 23. Atmospheric process where air is forced upward by fronts, mountains, or surface heating, leading to cloud formation and precipitation
  14. 24. Weather systems characterized by lightning, thunder, heavy rain, gusty winds, and sometimes hail or tornadoes
Down
  1. 1. Prolonged period of abnormally high temperatures
  2. 3. Height of a pressure surface in the atmosphere used to analyze large scale pressure patterns
  3. 4. Narrow fast flowing air current in the upper atmosphere that influences weather systems and storm tracks
  4. 7. Graph showing how meteorological variables change over time at a specific location
  5. 9. Speed of upward or downward air motion in the atmosphere, indicating rising or sinking air and controlling cloud and storm development
  6. 10. Vertical slice through the atmosphere used to analyze weather structure across a region
  7. 11. Very light rain consisting of fine droplets
  8. 12. Graph showing wind speed and direction changes with height, used to analyze wind shear and storm rotation potential
  9. 14. Strong dust storm caused by thunderstorm outflow winds lifting dust and sand
  10. 17. A highly organized and long-lived type of severe thunderstorm characterized by a rotating updraft (mesocyclone), capable of producing extreme weather such as tornadoes, large hail, strong winds, and heavy rainfall.
  11. 18. Vertical profile of the atmosphere measured by radiosondes showing temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind with height