Weather Crossword

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  1. 3. Latitudes, About 30 degrees latitude, air stops moving and sinks. This forms calm areas. Little to no winds
  2. 6. Mass, A large body of air with similar temperatures, humidity, and air pressure
  3. 7. Front, The forward edge of an advancing mass of cold air that pushes under a mass of warm air. Often causes thunderstorms
  4. 9. Breeze, A breeze that moves from the land to the sea
  5. 12. Easterlies, Blow between the poles and 60 degrees latitude in both hemispheres. Blows east to west
  6. 13. Weather instrument used for measuring air and sea breeze temperature
  7. 17. An expert in weather forecasting
  8. 19. Front, When two cold fronts converge on a warm front. Shown on a weather map purple half circles and triangles
  9. 20. Pressure, This pressure system means that there will be stormy weather as it passes by. Air spirals upwards anticlockwise at low levels
  10. 21. Breeze, A breeze that moves from the sea to the land
Down
  1. 1. Boundaries, Where air masses will meet but do not mix
  2. 2. Westerlies, Winds that blow between 30 degrees and 60 degrees latitude in both hemispheres. They flow from east to west
  3. 4. First letter is a lowercase "c" and means an air mass is coming from over the land
  4. 5. Front, When a cold and warm air mass meet but neither has the force to push the other one. Light rain occurs
  5. 8. Little wind blows here because warm, less dense air results in low pressure areas. Forms near the equator where the Sun warms the planet the most
  6. 10. Front, The forward edge of an advancing mass of warm air that rises over and replaces a retreating mass of colder air
  7. 11. First letter is a lowercase "m" and means an air mass is coming from over the ocean
  8. 14. Weather instrument used for measuring atmospheric pressure
  9. 15. Effect, The influence of Earth's rotation on objects that move over Earth
  10. 16. Pressure, This pressure system means that there will be fair weather as it passes by. Air spirals out clockwise at low levels
  11. 18. Winds, A warm air rises, it cools and sinks back down to the surface at the horse latitudes.