Weather Watch

2. The movement of air along the ground. Light air movements are called breezes.
6. The study of weather.
9. Very fine rain consisting of drops less than 0.5 mm in diameter.
10. The layer of air around the earth that consists mainly of nitrogen and oxygen gases. Most of the air is found within the first 35 km above the earth's surface.
12. An instrument that measures wind speed.
14. Clouds near the ground.
15. An instrument used to measure temperature.
16. A serious shortage of precipitation
18. Round or irregular lumps of ice formed by movement of ice through super cooled moisture in the upper part of thunderheads.

1. A measure of the amount of moisture in the air.
3. The name for moisture that falls out of the clouds.
4. A form of precipitation that comes in the form of flakes. Consists of clusters of ice crystal frozen together into six sided shapes. Snow forms only when the air is cold enough to freeze the moisture as it condenses out of the air.
5. The condition of the atmosphere with respect to heat/cold, wetness/dryness, clearness/cloudiness for a period of time.
7. A mass of minute water droplets or ice crystals up in the sky
8. A dry, warm, strong wind that blows down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
11. The average range of weather conditions at any place that occur over a long period of time.
13. The amount of heat in a substance. Expressed in degrees or Fahrenheit or Centigrade.
17. Super cooled rain that freezes onto cold surfaces upon contact.