Meteorology II Crossword Review

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