Across
- 4. ____ can travel thousands of kilometers from where they were originally formed.
- 5. Data from a variety of weather stations are _____ into one large weather network.
- 6. What is it called when the funnel of this storm touches the Earth's surface?
- 9. Weather _____ are an instrument that is carried into the atmosphere to collect weather.
- 11. Jet ______ help to move air masses and weather systems around the globe.
Down
- 1. This leads to crop failures and wildfires when there has been too little of water.
- 2. Their job is to look at many different factors and patterns to help predict the weather.
- 3. During a ____, positive and negative electrical charges build up and discharge, causing the charges to jump between parts of clouds.
- 7. What is it called when there is an excess amount of water?
- 8. A hurricanes ___ pressure and high winds can raise the level of water in the ocean below it by as much as 6 meters.
- 10. ____ ocean currents cause the air masses above them to become warmer.
- 12. In the winter, what is the most common form of precipitation?