Across
- 1. The colloquial term for a tornado
- 7. Also known as the E Scale, this is another tornado scale developed by Nikolai Dotzek.
- 8. the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
- 9. the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.
- 11. a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.
- 12. This is a prediction made by meteorologists of what the weather will be like in the future.
- 13. The term for a weak tornado that looks similar to a waterspout.
- 15. a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans
- 18. a mass of whirling fluid or air, especially a whirlpool or whirlwind.
- 19. Short for Radio Detection and Ranging, is used to detect objects at a distance.
- 20. This is a weather instrument used to measure wind speeds.
Down
- 2. A tornado that occurs over a body of water.
- 3. The science that deals with weather.
- 4. This is the term used to describe a sky that is covered with clouds.
- 5. A rotating column of wind that hasn't touched the ground. Funnel clouds are called tornadoes when they reach the ground.
- 6. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
- 10. a system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure, with a counterclockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation
- 14. a column of air moving rapidly around and around in a cylindrical or funnel shape.
- 16. the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in a local wind system characterized by a flow from land to water late at night. the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.
- 17. This is a weather device used to measure air (barometric) pressure.