Across
- 2. a sudden local flood, typically due to heavy rain.
- 3. the occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash and typically also thunder.
- 7. the cooling effect of wind blowing on a surface.
- 9. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
- 10. an expert in or student of meteorology; a weather forecaster.
- 11. a quantity representing the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere or in a gas.
- 12. the atmospheric temperature (varying according to pressure and humidity) below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form.
- 13. a measure indicating the level of discomfort the average person is thought to experience as a result of the combined effects of the temperature and humidity of the air.
- 14. direction of the wind
Down
- 1. the fall of rain.
- 4. the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object
- 5. a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
- 6. another term for atmospheric pressure.
- 8. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.