Weather Maps
Across
- 4. Air masses that originate over an ocean.
- 8. Two cold air masses converge on a warm air mass.
- 9. The average barometric pressure at sea level is 29.92 inches of _______ (Hg).
- 10. The boundary between two air masses.
- 11. The average barometric pressure at sea level is 1013.25 _______ (mb).
- 13. A tool that helps determine wind direction on a weather map.
- 14. A tool that measures wind direction.
- 17. Air masses that originate over a continent.
- 19. A warm air mass is replacing a cold air mass.
- 20. A cold front that approaches from the east or northeast.
- 21. Pressure caused by the weight of air above an area
Down
- 1. A tool that measures temperature.
- 2. A boundary between two different air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other.
- 3. This pressure causes happy weather (clear skies, calm winds, dry air).
- 5. This pressure causes lousy weather (cloudy skies, strong winds, humid air).
- 6. Balloon A tool that carries other instruments to high altitudes.
- 7. A line connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure on a weather map.
- 12. A cold air mass is replacing a warm air mass.
- 15. A tool that measures wind speed.
- 16. A tool that measures atmospheric pressure.
- 18. A large body of air that has relatively uniform temperature and humidity.