Severe Weather

2. the atmosphere conditions, along with short term changes of a certain place and time
4. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall
6. winds blowing west to east
9. water droplets that fall to the earth's surface from warm air in the atmosphere to more warm air at the surface
10. air pressure; measured with a barometer
12. violent and spinning columns of air in contact with the ground
15. describes the set weather measurements made on the earth's surface
17. a specialized type of radar that detects precipitation and approximates wind speed
18. lines that connect all places on a map where air pressure has the same value and shows wind speed
20. describes wind, temperature and humidity conditions above earth's surface

1. positively and negatively charged ice crystals crashing into each other in clouds
3. large bodies of air that have uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure
5. violent winter storms categorized by freezing temperatures, strong winds and fast moving snow
7. lines that connect places of the same temperature
8. water droplets or ice crystals falling from warm atmospheric conditions to cold surface conditions
11. ice crystals that fall to the earth's surface from cold atmospheric temperatures to more cold air at the surface
13. an intense tropical storm with winds exceeding 76 mph or 119 kph, also named typhoons or cyclones
14. ice crystals caught in atmospheric updrafts in the atmosphere and grow with each before becoming too heavy and fall to earth's surface
16. how weather forms between different air masses
19. winds blowing east to west