Across
- 2. amount of water vapor in the atmosphere.
- 3. region of low atmospheric pressure that is usually accompanied by low clouds and precipitation.
- 5. the public with information concerning the status of existing warnings.
- 8. with height.
- 10. or solid water that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground.
- 12. issued when a particular weather or flood hazard is "imminent" or already occurring
- 14. process by which water vapor becomes a liquid; the opposite of evaporation, which is the conversion of liquid to vapor
Down
- 1. front/A narrow transitions zone separating advancing warmer air from retreating cooler air
- 2. totality of water encompassing the Earth, comprising all the bodies of water, ice, and water vapor in the atmosphere.
- 4. solar radiation. Solar heating; sunshine.
- 6. point/he temperature to which the air must be cooled for water vapor to condense and form fog or clouds.
- 7. layer of atmosphere above the troposphere and below the mesosphere (between 10 km and 50 km) generally characterized by an increase in
- 9. emitted in the form of electromagnetic waves
- 11. mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.
- 13. prevalent long term weather conditions in a particular area.