Across
- 5. water falling from clouds- including rain, snow, sleet, and hail- whose from is determined by air temperature
- 8. indicates weather conditions at a specific location, using a combination of symbols on a map.
- 9. lines drawn on a weather map that connect points having equal atmosphere pressure; also indicate the location of high- and low- pressure areas and can show wind speed.
- 10. Large, severe storm that forms over tropical oceans, has winds of a least 120 km/h, and loses power when it reaches land
- 13. studies weather and uses information from Doppler radar, weather satellites, computer, and other instruments to make weather maps and provide forecast
- 14. temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms.
Down
- 1. measure of the amount of moisture held in the air compared with the amount it can hold at any given temperature; can range from 0 percent to 100 percent
- 2. amount of water vapor held in the air
- 3. state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, determined by factors including air pressure, amount of moisture in the air, temperature, wind, and precipitation
- 4. a stratus cloud that forms when air is cooled to its dew point near the ground
- 6. line drawn on a weather map that connects points having equal temperature
- 7. large body of air that has the same characteristics of temperature and moisture content as the part of Earth's surface over which is formed
- 11. violent, whirling windstorms that crosses land in a narrow path and can result from wind shears inside a thunderstorm
- 12. winter storm that lasts at least three hours with temperatures of -12C or below, poor visibility, and its winds of at least 51 km/h