Weather terms

2. pellets of frozen rainfall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.
3. atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.
4. a strong wind carrying clouds of sand, especially in a desert.
6. the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.
8. a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush.
10. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
12. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.
14. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.

1. moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops.
3. a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.
5. a strong downward current of air from a cumulonimbus cloud, usually associated with intense rain or a thunderstorm.
7. a sudden, powerful, localized air current, especially a downdraft.
9. a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface which obscures or restricts visibility (to a greater extent than mist; strictly, reducing visibility to below 1 km).
11. a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
13. the occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash and typically also thunder.