Weather Words Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. a boundary between two different air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other.
  2. 9. a boundary separating two masses of air of different densities
  3. 10. an instrument for measuring the humidity of the air or a gas
  4. 11. The eye is a region of mostly calm weather found at the center of strong tropical cyclones
  5. 13. A balloon equipped with meteorological apparatus that is sent into the atmosphere to provide information about the weather
  6. 14. a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region
  7. 18. An instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.
  8. 19. An instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used esp. in forecasting the weather and determining altitude
Down
  1. 1. A body of air with horizontally uniform levels of temperature, humidity, and pressure.
  2. 2. The boundary of an advancing mass of cold air.
  3. 3. very hot and humid
  4. 4. A simple form of a hygrometer
  5. 5. An instrument for measuring and indicating temperature
  6. 6. A mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel
  7. 7. A device for collecting and measuring the amount of rain that falls
  8. 8. mechanical device attached to an elevated structure that rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
  9. 12. An instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas
  10. 15. A storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
  11. 16. Things living or found in or near the sea
  12. 17. the front of an advancing mass of colder air.