Across
- 2. Low gray cloud forms in layers, sometimes fog that brings rain or snow
- 3. The instrument that measures temperature.
- 5. Type of clouds that look like small round puffs in the sky
- 9. The average of weather conditions over a long time
- 11. Midlevel clouds that look like small puffy balls
- 12. Wispy, feathery clouds made of ice crystals that form at high levels
- 13. Thick, fluffy clouds with flat bases, formed by vertically rising air currents
- 14. When air temperature is freezing cold water vapor changes directly in to a solid form
- 16. Clouds that form at high altitudes; above 6000m
- 17. An instrument that measures air pressure.
- 18. A cloud that forms at ground level
- 20. When snow passes through a layer of warm air, melts, and then refreezes near the ground
- 21. Dark gray clouds that produce rain or snow
- 23. Clouds that produce precipitation
- 24. Drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
Down
- 1. Tiny droplets of condensed water in the atmosphere
- 2. Fluffy, heavy clouds that stay low in elevation
- 4. A tall, gray vertical cloud that is associated with thunderstorms.
- 6. Sometimes causes a “halo” around the sun and indicates coming rain
- 7. An instrument used to measure the amount of rain that has fallen.
- 8. Low clouds; below 2000m
- 10. Frozen precipitation that forms in layers
- 15. An instrument that measures the water vapor content of air or the humidity.
- 19. Middle elevation clouds; between 2000m and 6000m
- 22. A weather instrument that measures the wind speed.