Weather Vocab Review

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Across
  1. 3. a cloud that yields rain or snow
  2. 5. warm air mass flows over a cold air mass bringing warmer more humid air.
  3. 6. a device used to measure the amount of precipitation in a given area
  4. 8. mid-level, puffy clouds
  5. 9. a device used to measure wind speed
  6. 12. cold air mass runs into a warm air mass pushing it up
  7. 13. high level clouds made mostly of ice crystals, they are thin and usually happen in fair weather
  8. 14. the layer of air that surrounds the earth
  9. 15. the weight of air pressing against a given area
  10. 16. a body of air that has the same temperature and/or humidity throughout
  11. 18. a whirling mass of cool, dry air that generally brings fair weather and light winds.
Down
  1. 1. a whirling mass of warm, moist air that generally brings stormy weather with strong winds.
  2. 2. a device used to determine wind direction
  3. 4. lower-level, layered-looking clouds; sometimes they form fog
  4. 7. a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
  5. 10. a device used to determine wind direction
  6. 11. a device used to measure air pressure
  7. 12. clouds that bring summer storm, usually with thunder, lightning, and strong winds
  8. 17. the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, and other factors