Weather Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. What the weather is typically like in an area
  2. 7. Warm & cold air are stuck and don’t push either out of the way. Causes precipitation for several days.
  3. 10. Air blowing caused by differences in air pressure.
  4. 13. A tool used to measure wind direction.
  5. 14. Unusual warming of the Pacific Ocean, that causes warm & wet weather
  6. 17. A violent storm that occurs over warm ocean water.
  7. 18. Winds that blow at the equator, they blow east to west.
  8. 19. The state of the atmosphere at a given time.
  9. 21. Wispy feather-like clouds that are made of ice crystals.
  10. 22. Winds from the poles that blow east to west.
  11. 24. A tool used to measure air pressure.
  12. 25. Warm air glides over cold air. Causes light precipitation.
  13. 26. Winds that blow in the mid-latitudes. They blow west to east.
Down
  1. 1. Large, dark clouds that bring thunderstorms
  2. 3. Unusual cooling of the Pacific Ocean, that causes cool & dry weather
  3. 4. A current of water that warms the East coast of the US and parts of Europe.
  4. 5. A violent storm that occurs when warm and cold air combine.
  5. 6. Liquid or frozen water falling from the sky
  6. 8. Cold air pushes warm air out of the way. Causes thunderstorms.
  7. 9. The force from the weight air molecules
  8. 11. A storm with lightning and precipitation.
  9. 12. A tool used to measure wind speed.
  10. 15. Breeze that blows from the sea to the land, happens during the day
  11. 16. A current of air that causes our weather to move west to east.
  12. 20. Breeze that blows from the land to the sea, happens at night.
  13. 21. White fluffy clouds that usually bring fair weather
  14. 23. Large blanket type clouds that bring light precipitation