Air Masses and Weather - Nicola Pytel

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Across
  1. 6. occur at medium altitudes, associated with good weather but can bring bad weather.
  2. 7. used to measure precipitation.
  3. 10. the boundary between a cold polar air mass and a warm moist air mass.
  4. 12. show air pressure and the pressence of depressions or anticyclones.
  5. 13. flows in a north-easterly direction.
  6. 14. a wind that blows predominantly from a single general directions
  7. 15. used to measure wind speed.
  8. 16. hold weather instruments to shield them from direct sunlight.
Down
  1. 1. low-pressure air masses that bring wet and windy weather conditions.
  2. 2. occurs when moist air mass is forced to rise up over a mountain.
  3. 3. huge tropical storms that form in the atlantic ocean that create large amounts of damage when reached land.
  4. 4. used to measure atmospheric pressure.
  5. 5. used to measure humidity.
  6. 8. an area of high pressure that brings mostly good weather conditions.
  7. 9. the deflection of wind caused by the rotation of the earth.
  8. 11. the movement of water between the atmosphere and the surface of the earth