Weather

4. The name for a tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 74 miles per hour or greater.
9. Precipitation in the form of liquid water droplets
10. A scientist who studies weather patterns
12. LAYER An atmospheric layer that contains a high proportion of oxygen, It acts as a filtering mechanism against incoming ultraviolet radiation.
13. The state of the atmosphere at a specific time and its effect on life and human activities.
14. A violently rotating column of air in contact with and extending between a convective cloud and the earth’s surface
16. The description of average daily and seasonal weather events that help describe a region.
17. The amount of water vapor in the air.

1. An instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure.
2. VANE Originally used as a wind vane, it is an instrument that indicates the wind direction.
3. The measure of the degree of heat of a substance.
5. An instrument that measures wind speed.
6. FRONT The leading edge of an advancing warm air mass
7. FRONT an advancing cold air mass
8. Produced by a cumulonimbus cloud and has thunder, lightning, gusty surface winds, turbulence, hail, icing, and precipitation.
11. Also known as ice pellets, it is winter precipitation in the form of small bits or pellets of ice that rebound after striking the ground or any other hard surface.
15. All forms of water, liquid or solid, that fall from clouds and reach the ground.