Weather Terms

2. a natural electric discharge of a very short duration
5. a storm with violent wind, in a tropical cyclone
9. destructive vortex of violently rotating winds.
10. a bad snowstorm with high winds and low visibility.
12. an arch of colors formed in the sky in certain circumstances, caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun's light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere.
15. The season of heavy rain and wind in hot Asian countries.

1. pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds
3. a loud rumbling or crashing noise.
4. a strong wind carrying clouds of sand with it, usually a storm
6. A visible drop of water that falls from the clouds.
7. rising of the sea as a result of atmospheric pressure changes and wind with a storm.
8. a rotating column of water and spray formed by a whirlwind occurring over the sea or other body of water.
11. very intense low-pressure wind system forming over tropical oceans
13. a perceptible natural movement of the air from a direction.
14. a thick cloud of tiny water droplets.