Weather Instruments Revision

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Across
  1. 3. Unit of measurement for precipitation.
  2. 5. What kind of pressure brings sunny and dry conditions.
  3. 10. Name of the weather station in Carlow.
  4. 12. Clouds that can be known as ‘fair weather’ clouds.
  5. 13. Clouds that are associated with long spells of precipitation.
  6. 15. Humidity is the amount of (blank) in the air.
  7. 18. How data + information is gathered from space.
  8. 20. What kind of pressure brings stormy and wet conditions.
  9. 23. Storage location for some weather instruments.
  10. 24. Instrument used to gather the strength of wind.
  11. 25. Lines on a weather map to display atmospheric pressure.
  12. 26. Ireland’s leading provider of weather information.
  13. 27. Instrument used to measure cloud cover.
  14. 28. Instrument used to record sunshine.
  15. 31. Weather is the state of the (blank) at any given time.
Down
  1. 1. Instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure.
  2. 2. The weight of the atmosphere pushing down on the earth.
  3. 4. Instrument used to measure precipitation.
  4. 6. Instrument used to measure humidity.
  5. 7. When air can hold no more water vapour.
  6. 8. How weather information is passed on to the public.
  7. 9. Clouds that form above 8000m.
  8. 11. Instrument used to find the direction of wind.
  9. 14. Unit of measurement for temperature.
  10. 16. Tiny water droplets or ice crystals held in the atmosphere.
  11. 17. A person who would rely on the weather forecast.
  12. 18. One type of weather condition.
  13. 19. Instrument used to measure temperature.
  14. 21. The man responsible for the Beaufort Scale.
  15. 22. Name of the weather station in Cork.
  16. 29. Unit of measurement for atmospheric pressure.
  17. 30. Measuring + recording the weather in a region over a long period of time identifies the (blank) of that region.