Across
- 2. puffy clouds below 6500 feet
- 4. clouds that are wispy, made of ice particles and above 18.000 ft
- 6. precipitation that is moisture condensed from the atmosphere
- 10. name for the region in the US where tornadoes are most common
- 11. precipitation that is below freezing and white
- 12. the direction a cyclone rotates in the NORTHERN hemisphere
- 16. the US roughly gets this many thousand tornadoes a year
- 19. earths gaseous layer
- 22. clouds that are near surface level all the way up to 75.000 feet that cause large storms
- 23. name for the hurricane with the highest 1 minute sustained wind speeds
- 24. precipitation that is large chunks of ice
- 26. name for the scale the used to be used to rate tornadoes 0-5
- 27. precipitation consisting of ice pellets
- 30. rain, sleet, hail or snow
Down
- 1. cyclones from the Atlantic and northeastern Pacific Ocean
- 3. a type of storm that rotates and creates tornadoes
- 5. a tool that measures wind speeds
- 7. a prolonged period of time with excessively hot weather, also the name of a song
- 8. mobile, destructive vortex of rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud
- 9. the direction a cyclone rotates in the SOUTHERN hemisphere
- 13. a very large wave in the ocean that is usually caused by an earthquake
- 14. a long period of time without the average amount of rainfall in an area
- 15. name for a cyclone in the northwest pacific
- 17. the amount of water vapor in the air
- 18. clouds at surface level
- 20. a cyclone with winds 39-73 MPH
- 21. name for the scale that tornadoes are rated by 0-5
- 25. most costly hurricane for the United States
- 28. name for the largest hurricane by land area
- 29. the movement of air
