Severe Weather

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Across
  1. 2. an arch of colors formed in the sky in certain circumstances, caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun's light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere.
  2. 4. a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
  3. 6. a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.
  4. 7. a cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface that limits visibility (to a lesser extent than fog
  5. 10. pleasantly windy.
  6. 13. a storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.
  7. 14. a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility
  8. 15. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
  9. 18. Storm storm of freezing rain that leaves a coating of ice.
  10. 19. (of weather, a period of time, or a place) marked by or exposed to strong winds.
  11. 21. A system of winds that are rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure
  12. 22. atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.
Down
  1. 1. the occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash and typically also thunder.
  2. 3. tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night, when atmospheric vapor condenses.
  3. 4. the state or quality of being humid.
  4. 5. full of or accompanied by fog.
  5. 8. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
  6. 9. a prolonged period of abnormally hot weather.
  7. 11. a fall of snow.
  8. 12. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.
  9. 16. moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops.
  10. 17. pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.
  11. 20. a rainstorm, especially a very heavy one.