weather vocabulary
Across
- 2. a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry
- 5. rain in very small light drops
- 9. small hard balls of ice which fall from the sky like rain
- 10. a snowstorm with very strong winds
- 11. a mass of snow, ice and rock that falls down the side of a mountain
- 12. water which falls from the clouds towards the ground, especially as rain or snow
- 13. frozen or partly frozen rain
- 15. a weather condition in which the temperature drops below 0ÂșC so that a thin white layer of ice forms on the ground and other surfaces, especially at night
Down
- 1. a violent storm with very strong winds, especially in the western Atlantic Ocean
- 3. covered with clouds
- 4. a long period of time when there is little or no rain
- 6. not too hot or too cold
- 7. the flashes of light that are produced in the sky during a storm
- 8. a light and pleasant wind
- 9. warm and damp
- 13. a short period of rain or snow
- 14. the very loud sound that comes from the sky during a storm