Across
- 3. any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth
- 5. the process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water
- 6. rotating low-pressure weather system that has organized thunderstorms but no fronts
- 9. something with the most widespread influence or acceptance at the present time
- 11. a narrow variable band of very strong predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth
- 13. the atmospheric temperature (varying according to pressure and humidity) below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form
- 15. Not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed
Down
- 1. a weather phenomenon defined as a large-scale circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure
- 2. a body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure
- 4. the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere
- 7. the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor
- 8. a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order
- 10. the amount of water vapor present in air expressed as a percentage
- 12. the concentration of water vapor present in the air
- 14. a transition zone between two different air masses at the Earth's surface
