Weather Vocab

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Across
  1. 6. A weather system with high atmospheric pressure at its center, around which air slowly circulates in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.
  2. 8. a narrow, variable band of very strong, predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth.
  3. 10. the process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water.
  4. 14. The rise of water that occurs as the result of a storm.
  5. 15. wind patterns that blow in a fairly constant and steady direction across our earth.
  6. 18. the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.
  7. 19. a moving object seems to veer toward the right in the Northern hemisphere and left in the Southern hemisphere.
  8. 20. the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level.
  9. 21. an instrument for measuring the speed of the wind.
  10. 23. Stop, close up, or obstruct.
  11. 26. An imaginary line or a line on a map or chart connecting or marking places over a period of time.
  12. 27. Another term for tropical storm.
  13. 29. a breeze blowing toward the sea from the land at night,
  14. 30. when a liquid becomes a gas.
  15. 31. a different type of barometer.
  16. 32. Accompanied by a bright flash and typically also thunder.
  17. 34. A storm with ____ and lightning.
  18. 36. the force pushed onto a surface by the weight of the air.
  19. 38. the amount of water vapor present in air expressed as a percentage of the amount needed for saturation at the same temperature.
Down
  1. 1. The side or part of an object that presents itself to view or that is normally seen or used first; the most forward part of something.
  2. 2. relating to the North or South Pole.
  3. 3. An instrument used to measure air pressure.
  4. 4. A weather forecaster.
  5. 5. The amount of mass in a given object.
  6. 7. forming or belonging to a continent.
  7. 9. a body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.
  8. 11. Local winds are small scale convective winds of local origin caused by temperature differences.
  9. 12. connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity.
  10. 13. A storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
  11. 16. A twirling, narrow funnel of wind with speeds of 100 to 300 miles per hour
  12. 17. lowering of the air temperature caused by the wind, especially as affecting the rate of heat loss from an object or human body.
  13. 18. process of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and the transpiration of plants and animals.
  14. 22. A violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.
  15. 24. a hygrometer consisting of a wet-bulb and a dry-bulb thermometer, the difference in the two thermometer readings being used to determine atmospheric humidity.
  16. 25. a device for measuring pressure in the atmosphere without the use of liquids.
  17. 28. a breeze blowing toward the land from the sea during the day.
  18. 33. the process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water.
  19. 35. distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees up to 90 degrees.
  20. 37. An imaginary line or a line on a map or chart connecting or marking places of equal barometric pressure.
  21. 39. typical of, or peculiar to the tropics.
  22. 40. Remove something from a place of danger to a safe place.