Meteorology II Crossword Review

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