Weather

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