Weather Crossword

1. pollution formed by the interaction of pollutants and sunlight
5. 15-25 miles per hour winds that are mild to warm in temperature
7. clouds cover more than 60 percent of the sky
12. sunrise to sunset
13. is moving air
14. a severe tropical cyclone with sustained winds over 74 miles per hour
18. a violent rotating column of air
19. the boundary or transition zone between two different air masses
20. liquid or solid water that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground
22. sky condition when greater than 9/10ths of the sky is covered by clouds
23. water overflows the natural or artificial confines of a stream or river

1. means that less than half the sky has clouds
2. a snowfall that suddenly stops,starts, and changes rapidly in intensity
3. Occurs when the surface air temperature is expected to be 32 degrees Fahrenheit
4. in marine usage winds 55 miles per hour or greater
6. the sound caused by a lightning stroke
7. in winter means four to seven degrees Celsius below normal
8. abnormally dry weather in a region over an extended period
9. winter storm with strong winds
10. instrument measures atmospheric pressure
11. the process of a liquid changing into a vapor or gas
15. the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere
16. the process by which water vapor becomes a liquid
17. liquid water droplets that fall from the atmosphere
21. precipitation in the form of balls or irregular lumps of ice