Weather

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Across
  1. 3. low pressure systems rotate this direction in northern hemisphere
  2. 4. a unit used to measure barometric pressure
  3. 6. the measure of thermal energy
  4. 7. an air-mass that forms over land, typically dry
  5. 12. the barometric pressure at sea-level which is 1013.25millibar
  6. 15. the deflection of high pressure air as it meets low pressured air due to the planet’s rotation
  7. 17. the rotation of high pressure systems
  8. 18. an air-mass that forms over the tropics, typically hot
  9. 20. a tool used to visually display bands of similar temperature
  10. 21. typically, isobar lines are drawn in multiples of _______
  11. 22. the air we breathe is primarily made of this gas
  12. 23. the driving
Down
  1. 1. the movement of substances going from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration
  2. 2. an air-mass which formed over a polar region
  3. 5. lines on a meteorological map which denote barometric pressure zones
  4. 8. = the amount of atomic/molecular motion within a substance.
  5. 9. low pressure systems rotate this direction in the southern hemisphere
  6. 10. when water vapor condenses within clouds and falls toward the ground in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail.
  7. 11. air systems that descend from the upper atmosphere to the ground displacing clouds bringing warm sunny conditions
  8. 13. this instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure
  9. 14. the ratio of a substance’s mass to its volume.
  10. 16. an air system that pulls warm humid air up from lower altitudes to higher altitudes often brings cooler and/or stormy conditions
  11. 19. an air-mass that forms over water characteristically humid