Across
- 3. a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris
- 6. rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground
- 7. the transition zone between two distinct airmasses
- 11. the occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud
- 13. instrument that measures wind speed.
- 14. a large volume of air in the atmosphere that is mostly uniform in temperature and moisture
- 15. fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutant
- 16. a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour
Down
- 1. A rain-bearing cloud that also produces
- 2. an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure
- 4. the temperature to which the air must be cooled for water vapor to condense
- 5. The forward edge of an advancing mass of cold air that pushes under a mass of warm air. Cold fronts often cause heavy precipitation and/or thunderstorms.
- 8. The forward edge of an advancing mass of warm air that rises over and replaces a retreating mass of cooler air.
- 9. cloud type that appears feathery or wispy, form in very high altitudes and made of ice crystals
- 10. cloud type that forms in flat layers when air cools over a large area, tends to produce steady, light precipitation
- 12. atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer