Weather Vocabulary

2. a prediction or estimate of future events, especially coming weather or a financial trend
3. a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, approximately 1.15078 mph
6. refers to the current air temperature
7. refers to the state of a physical system
10. a difference in wind speed and/or direction over a relatively short distance in the atmosphere
11. A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height
12. refers to the distance one can see as determined by light and weather conditions

1. a small intense downdraft which, as they get near the ground, spread outward from the center in all directions
4. friction arising from the movement of an object through a medium or over a surface
5. a U.S. unit of distance equal to 1760 yards or approximately 1.6 kilometers
8. a land-or sea-based control center which provides the facilities for human control of unmanned vehicles in the air or in space
9. the rate at which air temperature falls with increasing altitude