Across
- 3. a column of air moving rapidly around and around in a cylindrical or funnel shape.
- 6. A scientist who studies the weather (meteorology)
- 11. a wind that is strong enough to cause at least light damage to trees and buildings and may or may not be accompanied by precipitation.
- 13. This is a weather device used to measure air (barometric) pressure.
- 14. This is a prediction made by meteorologists of what the weather will be like in the future.
- 15. a breeze blowing toward the sea from the land, especially at night, owing to the relative warmth of the sea.
- 18. Frozen precipitation (ice) that forms in mid-latitude thunderstorms.
- 19. The science that deals with weather
- 20. The term for a weak tornado that looks similar to a waterspout.
Down
- 1. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
- 2. The colloquial term for a tornado.
- 4. the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
- 5. the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.
- 7. This is the term used to describe a sky that is covered with clouds.
- 8. a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere.
- 9. a system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure, with a counterclockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression.
- 10. is a weather instrument used to measure wind speeds.
- 12. a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.
- 14. This is a prediction made by meteorologists of what the weather will be like in the future.
- 16. .Also known as barometric pressure, is the weight of a column of air that extends from the surface (ground or water) to the top of the atmosphere.
- 17. a mass of whirling fluid or air, especially a whirlpool or whirlwind.
