Across
- 1. the most intense kind of storm that can make a tornado.
- 4. rains from tropical systems are an important part of the annual climate and contribute to the total____________.
- 5. organized center of low pressure that originates over warm tropical oceans.
- 7. as clouds in a thunderstorm develop, excess positive and _______ charges forms.
- 8. ice storms form when a layer of ________ is between two layers of cold air.
- 9. these storms can happen _________ times at any moment world wide.
- 10. the sea surface ____________ may be too low, the middle atmosphere too dry, or the winds at upper levels too high to support the continued vertical development of the storm.
Down
- 1. is commonly formed when water vapor undergoes deposition,
- 2. thunderstorms are __________ accompanied by lightening and thunder.
- 3. is a moving mass of snow that may contain ice, soil, rocks, and uprooted trees.
- 6. surface winds of tropical storms range from 63 to __________ km per hour.