Across
- 3. -pressure air mass usually has cool, dry air
- 5. raindrops that freeze on their way to the earth and land as tiny ice pellets
- 7. moving air
- 8. ice crystals in the clouds that join together and fall to the earth
- 12. the condition of the atmosphere at any moment in time
- 13. an instrument that measures wind speed
- 16. a prediction of future weather conditions
- 17. -pressure air mass usually has warm, moist air
- 18. boundary where two unlike air masses meet
- 19. raindrops that are pushed up over and over again into tall clouds and freeze before falling to the earth
- 20. rumble resulting from hot air instantly expanding and cooler air rushing in
- 22. air ______ is a body of air that has about the same temperature and moisture
- 23. a storm with spiraling winds that forms over the ocean
Down
- 1. static electricity that moves between clouds or between the clouds and earth
- 2. occurs when a large, swift-moving warm air mass meets a cold air mass
- 4. forms from condensed water vapor or ice crystals
- 6. water vapor in the atmosphere
- 7. weather ____ is issued when conditions are right for a type of severe weather, but that severe weather is not currently happening
- 9. weather ___ is issued when the storm has begun and people have reported seeing it
- 10. wind ____ is an instrument that shows the direction the wind is blowing from
- 11. water that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground
- 14. scientists who study the atmosphere and weather
- 15. funnel-shaped cloud of swirling winds that reaches down to the ground
- 21. water droplets in the clouds that join together to make larger drops