Weather terms

1. a strong wind carrying clouds of sand, especially in a desert.
3. an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land.
7. a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
9. a sudden, powerful, localized air current, especially a downdraft.
10. the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.
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.
15. a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.

2. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
4. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.
5. a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush.
6. atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer.
8. moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops.
11. pellets of frozen rainfall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.
12. 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).
14. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.