Weather & Meteorology

3. can reach 36,000 degrees F and is associated with a snapping sound
5. air mass associated with stormy weather, strong winds, and warm, moist air
6. current surface air pressure exerted by the atmosphere on Earth per square inch
7. costliest hurricane on record
11. highest ranking hurricane on record
12. type of air that rises because it is less dense
15. looses power over land and always originates over water
19. a person who goes to college to earn a degree in weather

1. usually associated with thunderstorms
2. air mass associated with fair weather, light winds, and cool, dry air
4. scale used to rate the wind speed and destruction of a Tornado
6. year tropical systems began receiving male names
8. holds record for coldest surface temperature
9. the part of a hurricane that contains the highest wind speeds
10. air mass that originated over the Caribbean Sea
11. type of front that occurs when a cold air mass replaced a warm air mass
13. has a narrow path of destruction and wind debris and is associated with a train like sound
14. scientific instrument used to study the weather
15. tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic Ocean
16. holds record for most yearly rainfall
17. holds record for hottest surface temperature
18. lowest wind speed of a hurricane