Across
- 4. a front between warm and cold air masses that is moving very slowly or not at all
- 5. fluffy and white
- 6. a form of precipitation consisting of solid ice that forms inside ta hunderstorm
- 7. liquid precipitation
- 9. is the process where water vapor becomes liquid
- 11. wet, partly melted falling snow
- 14. forms when a relatively moist, warm air mass slides up and over a cold air mass.
- 15. occurs when the layer of freezing air is so thin that the raindrops do not have enough time to freeze before reaching the ground
Down
- 1. a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
- 2. the process by which a liquid turns into a gas.
- 3. any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the earth.
- 8. the transition zone where a cold air mass is replacing a warmer air mass.
- 10. a storm which contains large amounts of snow OR blowing snow, with winds in excess of 35 mph
- 12. the temperature the air needs to be cooled to achieve to achieve relative humidity
- 13. A violently rotating column of air touching the ground, usually attached to the base of a thunderstorm