Across
- 6. they are other kinds of clouds that have pouch-like shapes hanging on the bottom. They are created when cold air within the cloud sinks down towards the earth. They could signify severe weather on the way.
- 8. Clouds shaped like almonds or lenses who get their shape from the hilly terrain or the flat terrain that they form over. They don't provide any type of weather help.
- 11. They are thin and patchy sometimes sheet like clouds. They form with ice and supercooled water. Means that it is nice but cold but in tropical regions could mean a hurricane.
- 13. They are patchy gray or white clouuds that have a honeycomb like appearance. They are formed when warm wet air flows into the atmosphere. Fair weather for now but a storm could be coming.
- 14. Dark gray clouds that seem to fade into into rain or snow often blocking out the sun. They form from the altostratus clouds thickening and deepening. Rain or snow is continuing with these clouds.
Down
- 1. These are thin and white clouds that cover the entire sky, they are formed in winter when the warmer air moves over the colder air. Rain or snow is on the way within 24 hours
- 2. delicate and feathery clouds mostly made of ice crystals they are formed by wind currents and they mean that a weather change is on the way.
- 3. They are gray or blue-gray mid-level clouds. They are made of ice crystals and water droplets. There is going to be a lot of rain or snow.
- 4. They have patchy white or gray layers and have many rows of fluffy ripples. They form via convection in an unstable layer aloft. The weather will be fair.
- 5. They look like fluffy white cotton balls they are beautiful.They form from convection as the warm air rises and cools. The weather is fair.
- 7. They are created by jets and airplanes. They are still clouds formed by water droplets condensed from water vapor and the jet engine exhaust. They can help provide info about the amount of water vapor in the air which contributes to weather.
- 9. They look like mountains and towers. They form when warm wet air rises very high into the sky on warm days. Look out for rain hail and tornadoes.
- 10. They get their shape from the mountains that force the air to move around/over them. They can also be formed by sea breezes and appear as lines when the air masses meet. It could be a sign that a thunderstorm is coming.
- 12. They are thin white sheets covering the whole sky. They occur when breezes push cool air over the ocean. Fair weather but gloomy