Across
- 3. Mass A homogenous mass of air, the properties of which can be identified as having been established while the air was situated over a particular region of the earth's surface.
- 4. In meteorology, usually refers to cyclonic storms with considerable cloud and precipitation areas.
- 5. A loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air
- 6. A violently rotating column of air, pendant from a cumulonimbus cloud observed as a funnel cloud.
- 8. Air in horizontal motion relative to the surface of the earth.
- 9. Absence of apparent motion of the air.
- 10. A statement giving a brief general review or summary.
- 12. Same as a cloud except the base of the cloud is touching the earth's surface.
- 14. The state of the atmosphere, usually short term, with respect to its effects upon life, property and human activities.
- 15. A property of the steady state of a system such that a disturbance introduced into the steady state will not increase in magnitude.
Down
- 1. The statistical collective of weather conditions over a specified period of time (i.e. usually several decades)
- 2. All the various visible electrical discharges produced by thunderstorms. It can be cloud to cloud, cloud to ground, or cloud to air.
- 7. A cloud layer that covers most, or all of the sky.
- 11. Precipitation from a convective cloud, characterized by the suddenness with which they start, stop, and change intensity.
- 13. The whole mass of air surrounding the earth