Weather Terms

3. light rain falling in very fine drops.
4. when chunks of ice fall from the sky.
6. the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.
7. a cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface that limits visibility
8. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
10. a form of precipitation consisting of ice pellets, often mixed with rain or snow.
11. The forward edge of an advancing mass of cold air that pushes under a mass of warm air.

1. a period of abnormally hot weather generally lasting more than two days.
2. a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility.
5. a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
6. forms when a relatively moist, warm air mass slides up and over a cold air mass.
9. water falling in drops condensed from vapor in the atmosphere.
10. atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.
12. a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface which obscures or restricts visibility (to a greater extent than mist; strictly, reducing visibility to below 1 km).
13. a storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.