Across
- 2. Usually comes with stormy weather and strong winds
- 5. Tool that measures the pressure in the atmosphere
- 7. The liquid and solid water particles that fall from clouds and reach the ground.
- 11. Feathery clouds. Come with fair weather, but rain or snow are coming.
- 12. Large darker bottom clouds. May produce heavy rain and/or thunderstorms.
- 13. liquid molecules
- 14. Force being pushed on an area of Earth by the atmosphere
- 16. Tool that measures the speed of wind
- 17. Is the average weather of an area over time (at least 30 years).
- 18. tiny drops of water floating near the ground.
- 19. The amount of heat in the atmosphere
- 21. Clouds that are fluffy with white flat bottoms. Usually with fair weather.
- 22. Solid molecules of water, when it’s less than 32 degrees
- 23. The movement of molecules responsible for temperature (how fast or slow they are moving)
Down
- 1. Smooth gray clouds that cover the whole sky (block sun). Light rain and drizzle.
- 3. The day to day (current) conditions in an area
- 4. Tool that tells current temperature
- 6. Usually comes with clear skies and light winds
- 8. Form over warm (tropical) water and have winds that are greater to or equal to 74 mph.
- 9. Form from thunderstorms, as the wind changes directions and the air begins to rotate.
- 10. Occurs when it is warm and humid, usually. Usually lasts 30 minutes to an hour, produces lightning and thunder (after the lightning). Periods of heavy rain.
- 15. rain that freezes or partly freezes from the sky
- 20. Tool used to see the amount of precipitation that falls