Across
- 6. So much energy collects in cumulonimbus clouds that a huge release of electricity may result.
- 8. a system of winds rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere around a low pressure center.
- 10. They are cyclones that form in the tropics and so they are also called tropical cyclones.
- 12. Fierce products of severe thunderstorms.
- 13. Forms in cumulonimbus clouds with strong updrafts.
- 14. Made up of air temperature, air pressure, humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, and speed and direction of the wind.
- 15. Forms when moist air cools below its dew point on a cold surface.
Down
- 1. Dew that forms when the air temperature is below freezing.
- 2. Includes freezing temperatures,high winds,
- 3. Rain that becomes ice as it hits a layer of freezing air near the ground.
- 4. low visibility.
- 5. Where two air masses meet.
- 7. More than five consecutive days of temperatures that are more than 9°F (5°C) above average.
- 8. Condensed water vapor.
- 9. The long-term average of weather.
- 10. The amount of water vapor in the air in a particular spot.
- 11. A cloud located at or near the ground.