Weather

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Across
  1. 4. radiant energy emitted by the sun.
  2. 5. The rapid expansion of air due to the superheating from the 50,000 degree temperature of the lightning bolt so the air particles slam into each other
  3. 7. water drops that are about 1000 times the size of a cloud drop.
  4. 8. an electric discharge between a cloud and the Earth a cloud and a cloud or even within the same cloud
  5. 10. Curving path of winds due to Earth’s rotation
  6. 12. the temperature at which water vapor condenses onto a dust, pollen, salt particle or even a cloud droplet.
  7. 13. when the air is so cold that water vapor changes directly to ice crystals.
  8. 14. large ice pellets form in cumulonimbus clouds when updrafts of warm air carry rain up so high it freezes and collects snow flakes which melt and add to its size
Down
  1. 1. like marina always over water
  2. 2. occurs after rain hits the ground, then it freezes on contact
  3. 3. when rain falls through a layer of very cold air and freezes before it hits the ground.
  4. 6. cold always North
  5. 9. the amount of water vapor in the air
  6. 10. like continent always over land
  7. 11. warm always South