Weather Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 1. the movement of cool air on land moving toward the ocean
  2. 2. a tool that tells which direction the wind is blowing
  3. 4. weight of the atmosphere in a certain area that pushes down on the earth
  4. 7. average weather patterms and conditions over a long period of time
  5. 8. a powerful Atlantic ocean current that influences weather in the US
  6. 9. the amount of water vapor in the air
  7. 10. large piles of puffy, white clouds that appear during fair weather, but can also bring precipitation
  8. 11. an area where two air masses meet
  9. 12. winds that move weather systems across the US from west to east
  10. 15. an area where a warm air mass is caught between two cold air masses; brings cool temperatures, rain and snow
  11. 18. rain, sleet, snow, hail, or mixed forms of water that fall from the sky
  12. 20. a mass of cold air that is pushing a warm air mass, creating lots of clouds and storms
  13. 21. a tool for measuring the wind speed
  14. 22. a tool measuring air pressure
  15. 23. clouds that bring precipitation and/or storms
  16. 25. a tool for measuring temperature
  17. 27. thin, wispy clouds that are a sign of fair, but changing, weather
  18. 28. daily conditions of wind, temperature, clouds, humidity and precipitation
  19. 29. a mass of warm air that is pushing a cold air mass, creating clouds and light precipitation
Down
  1. 1. a pressure area of warm air that often causes stormy weather
  2. 2. the movement of water
  3. 3. thick, low, sheet-like clouds that cover the sky and signal rainy weather
  4. 5. water vapor cools and turns into water droplets in this part of the water cycle
  5. 6. a pressure area that usually has fair weather
  6. 13. an area where a warm air mass and cold air mass meet, but neither has enough energy to push each other; brings overcast, rainy weather.
  7. 14. cool air that comes off the ocean and moves toward the land
  8. 16. climate pattern that describes the warming of surface waters in the Pacific Ocean
  9. 17. a tool that measures precipitation
  10. 19. water heats up and turns into a gas in this part of the water cycle
  11. 24. a fast flowing river of air that moves weather across the land
  12. 26. a tool that measures humidity