Across
- 2. The visible aggregate of minute water droplets and ice particles in the atmosphere above the earth's surface.
- 4. All the various visible electrical discharges produced by thunderstorms. It can be cloud to cloud, cloud to ground, or cloud to air.
- 5. The atmospheric pressure at mean sea level
- 7. The physical process by which a vapor becomes a liquid.
- 9. A closed isobaric circulation in the atmosphere, with counter-clockwise rotation in the northern hemisphere.
- 11. The statistical collective of weather conditions over a specified period of time (i.e. usually several decades).
- 13. The leading edge of a relatively cold air mass
Down
- 1. In meteorology, atmospheric motions that are predominantly vertical, i.e. usually means upward as opposed to subsidence (downward).
- 3. A small but vigorous whirlwind, usually of short duration.
- 5. In meteorology, it usually refers to cyclonic storms with considerable cloud and precipitation areas.
- 6. Same as a cloud except the base of the cloud is touching the earth's surface.
- 8. The degree of hotness or coldness as measured on some definite temperature scale by means of various types of thermometers.
- 10. Absence of apparent motion of the air
- 12. A transition zone between two air masses of different densities.
- 14. An area of low atmospheric pressure having closed isobars. Used interchangeably with cyclone.
