Meteorology II Crossword Review

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