Weather puzzle
Across
- 5. an expert in or student of meteorology
- 9. the state of the atmosphere at a place
- 12. continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it
- 13. a storm with thunder
- 14. moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops.
- 15. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water
Down
- 1. a region with particular prevailing weather conditions
- 2. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere
- 3. atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals
- 4. a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere
- 6. the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance
- 7. perceptible natural movement of the air,
- 8. a form of precipitation consisting of ice pellets, often mixed with rain or snow.
- 10. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds
- 11. marked by a relatively high level of water vapor in the atmosphere