Clouds

3. Rain, snow, sleet, or hail falling from clouds.
4. The continuous movement of water through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
7. Thin, sheet-like high clouds that can create halos around the sun or moon.
8. A weather-modification technique used to encourage precipitation.
11. Thin, wispy clouds made mostly of ice crystals high in the atmosphere.
12. A sky completely covered with clouds.
16. Puffy white clouds that often resemble cotton balls and usually indicate fair weather.
17. The layer of gases surrounding Earth where clouds form.
20. The height of an object or cloud above Earth’s surface.
21. Severe weather involving heavy rain, thunder, wind, or snow.
22. A word added to cloud names to indicate precipitation or rain.
25. Flat, gray clouds that spread across the sky like a blanket.
26. Liquid precipitation falling from clouds.
28. A cloud that forms very close to Earth’s surface.
29. Balls or lumps of ice formed inside strong thunderstorm clouds.
30. Another name for a towering cumulonimbus cloud.

1. The amount of water vapor in the air.
2. The condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place.
5. Tiny particles of water that make up many clouds.
6. The boundary where two different air masses meet.
9. An upward current of air that helps build large storm clouds.
10. Tiny water droplets suspended in the air that are thinner than fog.
11. The process by which water vapor cools and changes into liquid droplets.
13. A towering storm cloud capable of producing thunder, lightning, and tornadoes.
14. The temperature at which air becomes saturated and condensation begins.
15. Water in its gas form.
18. The process in which liquid water changes into water vapor.
19. The lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere where weather occurs.
23. Frozen particles found in high-altitude clouds like cirrus clouds.
24. An instrument used to measure air pressure.
27. A visible mass of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.