Across
- 1. line drawn on a weather map that connects points having equal temps.
- 3. winter storm that lasts at least three hours with temperatures of -12 degrees celsius or below, poor visibility,and winds of at least 51km/h.
- 4. large body of air that has the same characteristic of temperature and moisture content as the part of earth's surface over which it formed.
- 5. a person who studies weather and uses info from Doppler radar, ether satellites, caomputers, and other instruments to make weather maps and provide forecast.
- 8. violent, whirling windstorm that crosses land in a narrow pattern and can result from wind shears inside a thunderhead.
- 10. boundary between two air masses with different temperatures, density, or moisture.
- 11. state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, determined by factors including air, pressure amount of moisture in the air, temperature, wind, and precipitation.
- 13. lines drawn on a weather map that connect points having equal atmospheric pressure.
- 14. temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms.
- 15. water falling from clouds-including rain, snow, sleet, and hail- whose form is deter mined by air temp.
Down
- 2. large, servere storm that forms over tropical oceans, has winds of at least 120 km/h, and loses power when it reaches land
- 6. measure of the amount of moisture held in the air compared with the amount it can hold at a given temperature.
- 7. records of earths surface using a map and symbols.
- 9. amount of water vapor held in the air.
- 12. a stratus cloud that forms when air is cooled to its dew point near the ground.