Across
- 4. The charge behind lightning’s flash
- 6. The tall cloud that means business
- 10. A giant spark with no off switch
- 11. OUTAGE When storms flip the lights off
- 14. When invisible vapor turns into stormy clouds
- 16. What storms leave behind when they’re done
- 17. A push that sends warm air climbing
- 18. Where warm and cold air collide
- 19. Winds changing speed or direction with height
Down
- 1. Temperature change that helps build hail
- 2. When warm air refuses to stay below cold air
- 3. Ice falling from the sky—nature’s surprise
- 5. When rain overstays its welcome
- 7. Storm fuel hiding in the air
- 8. A sudden blast that knocks over umbrellas
- 9. Rain that feels like the clouds tipped over
- 12. Rising warm air that kick-starts the storm’s engine
- 13. Rain that falls fast and furious
- 15. Lightning’s loud aftershock
- 20. The flat cloud top shaped like a cartoon hammer