Meteorology II Crossword Review

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Across
  1. 2. upper tropospheric wind that separates polar and tropical air and pushes storm systems around the planet
  2. 3. the largest storm on Earth, gains it's strength from warm ocean waters
  3. 4. these high-altitude clouds indicate fair weather today and precipitation soon because they form at the leading edge of storms
  4. 9. this is the location of the strongest winds in a hurricane
  5. 10. dry air that moves into the U.S. from Canada or Mexico
  6. 11. tall, puffy thunderstorm cloud which can drop hail, heavy rain, lightning, and tornadoes
  7. 13. mass large body of air that has the same temperature and humidity as the area over which it forms
  8. 14. precipitation and storms occur in this type of system that consists of lighter than average air
  9. 16. what type of air mass forms over the North Atlantic bringing cold air to Stroudsburg
  10. 17. clouds form when air cools to this temperature
  11. 21. this frontal boundary results when cold air catches up to the front of a warm air mass and pushes it all off of the ground
  12. 23. the frontal boundary where neither cold nor warm air dominates the other
  13. 24. this front is made of half circles on a weather map and pushes into cooler air
  14. 25. the heaviest air, represented as a line with triangles on a weather map
  15. 26. the boundary line between two different air masses
Down
  1. 1. the most dangerous result of a hurricane, occurs at the coast
  2. 5. middle part of the U.S. where most tornadoes occur
  3. 6. wind speed (mph) of the weakest possible hurricane
  4. 7. another name for a cold air mass
  5. 8. layered or flat cloud that brings all-day precipitation
  6. 11. motion of air around a high pressure system in the northern hemisphere
  7. 12. layered or flat clouds that cover most of the sky
  8. 15. thunderstorms form when warm, humid air does this quickly
  9. 16. means humid air that hovered over an ocean for awhile
  10. 18. a violent, whirling wind that moves in a narrow path and is capable of catastrophic destruction
  11. 19. a line of equal air pressure on a weather map
  12. 20. temperature gets ________ as altitude increases in the troposphere
  13. 22. Puffy clouds that indicate fair weather