Across
- 3. atmospheric moisture.
- 6. a body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.
- 7. an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation
- 9. a narrow variable band of very strong predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth
- 11. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
- 14. the natural movement of the air
- 17. rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.
- 18. a wind from the direction that is predominant
- 19. less air pressure
- 20. the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level.
- 21. the process of turning from liquid into vapor
Down
- 1. more air pressure
- 2. a weather front or transition zone between two air masses when neither air mass is advancing into the other at speeds exceeding 5 knots at the ground surface
- 4. the cycle by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land
- 5. the boundary of an advancing mass of cold air
- 8. the conversion of a vapor or gas to a liquid.
- 10. an expert in or student of meteorology
- 12. the atmospheric temperature below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form.
- 13. the amount of water vapor present in air expressed as a percentage of the amount needed for saturation at the same temperature.
- 15. the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land
- 16. the boundary of an advancing mass of warm air