Across
- 1. occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud
- 4. a storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail
- 5. a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility
- 6. below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form
- 7. moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops
- 10. destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system
- 12. the perceptible natural movement of the air
- 13. a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean
- 15. an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land
Down
- 2. pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds
- 3. rain that freezes on impact with the ground or solid objects
- 8. atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground
- 9. process of turning liquid into vapor.
- 11. a colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air
- 14. a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface which obscures or restricts visibility