Weather!
Across
- 4. The state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
- 8. The amount of water vapor in the air.
- 9. The process that occurs before precipitation.
- 11. The pressure exerted by the atmosphere.
- 13. Flat, hazy, featureless clouds of low altitude varying in color from dark gray to nearly white which may produce a light drizzle or snow.
- 14. A hygrometer consisting of a wet-bulb and a dry-bulb thermometer, the difference in the two thermometer readings being used to determine atmospheric humidity
- 16. A system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure, with a counterclockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation
- 17. A storm with violent winds, a tropical cyclone
Down
- 1. front A composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft; occlusion.
- 2. The boundary of the meeting a cold air mass to a stronger warm air mass.
- 3. Visible drops of water that fall from the clouds in precipitation.
- 5. Rain that freezes on its way to the ground and hits us as pellets.
- 6. A storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail that normally occurs in the summer.
- 7. Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.
- 10. A loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after lightning.
- 12. Water in its frozen form falling to the ground in light white flakes.
- 15. A dense cloud towering vertical cloud associated with thunderstorms and atmospheric instability.
- 18. The boundary of the meeting place of a warm air mass and a stronger cold air mass.