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Across
  1. 4. a rotating cone-shaped column of air extending downward from a thunderstorm
  2. 5. electric current flowing from a cloud
  3. 8. water in solid or liquid form that falls from the air to Earth
  4. 9. vapor moisture in the air created by water in a gas form
  5. 12. the process of water vapor turning back into liquid water
  6. 14. clouds that are white and puffy
  7. 15. the temperature of air that holds little water vapor
  8. 18. the highest clouds in the sky
  9. 19. water vapor in the air creates this
  10. 20. water vapor that turns directly to ice
  11. 21. water droplets falling from the clouds
  12. 22. the temperature of air that can hold a lot of water vapor
  13. 23. a violent rotating column of air
  14. 25. wind is made when warm ______ rises and cold _____ sinks making a cycle of moving _______
  15. 26. the tool used to measure air temperature
  16. 29. rain that freezes as it falls to the ground
  17. 30. you should count the _______ between the time you see lightning to the time you hear the thunder to see how far away the storm is
  18. 35. the highest category of wind speed
  19. 36. the tool used to measure air pressure
  20. 37. scientists alternate between an alphabetical list of men's and woman's names to _________ a hurricane
  21. 38. the scale used to classify the severity of a tornado
Down
  1. 1. storm forming over the ocean with heavy rain, strong winds, and storm surges
  2. 2. the scale that classifies hurricanes on their wind speed, storm surge, and damage
  3. 3. created when the lightning creates a hole and the air collapses around it
  4. 6. a scientist that studies and predicts weather
  5. 7. lumps of ice that fall from cumulonimbus clouds
  6. 8. the way relative humidity is given in a weather forecast
  7. 10. the name of the wind scale used to rank wind speeds
  8. 11. the tool used to measure humidity
  9. 13. a Strom with lightning and thunder
  10. 14. the average weather over many years
  11. 16. how many water droplets are needed to make one cloud
  12. 17. the tool used to measure wind speed
  13. 24. the state of the atmosphere at a specific time
  14. 27. humidity is the actual percentage of water vapor that is measured in the air at a given time
  15. 28. moving air
  16. 31. a large collection of tiny water droplets or ice crystals floating in air
  17. 32. how a day with high humidity makes you feel
  18. 33. point the temperature that water vapor turns into liquid water
  19. 34. clouds that are gray and cover the entire sky