Weather Forecasts
Across
- 1. lumps of ice that fall from cumulonimbus clouds
- 4. the average weather over many years
- 6. the tool used to measure wind speed
- 8. the temperature of air that holds little water vapor
- 10. the state of the atmosphere at a specific time
- 11. the tool used to measure air pressure
- 14. electric current flowing from a cloud
- 16. how a day with high humidity makes you feel
- 17. point the temperature that water vapor turns into liquid water
- 18. water in solid or liquid form that falls from the air to Earth
- 22. clouds that are gray and cover the entire sky
- 25. a large collection of tiny water droplets or ice crystals floating in air
- 27. the name of the wind scale used to rank wind speeds
- 28. how many water droplets are needed to make one cloud
- 30. moving air
- 31. scientists alternate between an alphabetical list of men's and woman's names to _________ a hurricane
- 32. the tool used to measure air temperature
- 34. clouds that are white and puffy
- 35. vapor moisture in the air created by water in a gas form
- 36. a violent rotating column of air
Down
- 1. storm forming over the ocean with heavy rain, strong winds, and storm surges
- 2. the scale used to classify the severity of a tornado
- 3. created when the lightning creates a hole and the air collapses around it
- 5. the scale that classifies hurricanes on their wind speed, storm surge, and damage
- 7. humidity is the actual percentage of water vapor that is measured in the air at a given time
- 8. the highest clouds in the sky
- 9. the process of water vapor turning back into liquid water
- 12. a rotating cone-shaped column of air extending downward from a thunderstorm
- 13. a scientist that studies and predicts weather
- 15. water vapor in the air creates this
- 19. the tool used to measure humidity
- 20. a Strom with lightning and thunder
- 21. water vapor that turns directly to ice
- 23. the highest category of wind speed
- 24. rain that freezes as it falls to the ground
- 26. you should count the _______ between the time you see lightning to the time you hear the thunder to see how far away the storm is
- 29. the way relative humidity is given in a weather forecast
- 33. water droplets falling from the clouds
- 35. the temperature of air that can hold a lot of water vapor
- 37. wind is made when warm ______ rises and cold _____ sinks making a cycle of moving _______