Weather terms
Across
- 2. the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.
- 5. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud
- 6. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
- 10. the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution.
- 13. water vapor condensed from the atmosphere that falls from clouds
- 14. atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes
- 15. an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines
Down
- 1. a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility.
- 3. a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface which obscures or restricts visibility
- 4. the flashing of light produced by a discharge of atmospheric electricity from one cloud to another
- 7. a colorless, odorless reactive gas, the life-supporting component of the air.
- 8. a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
- 9. pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.
- 11. a colorless, odorless unreactive gas that forms about 78 percent of the earth's atmosphere.
- 12. a storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.