Weather Terms

2. Ice Thin, new ice that forms on fresh water or dew covered surfaces
3. clouds cover more than 60 percent of the sky
6. Cloud generally circular ring of cloud surrounding the upper portion of a wall cloud
7. Clouds Clouds which cover between 5/8ths and 7/8ths of the sky
9. A measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to a standard value
12. A temperature scale in which zero is the freezing point of water and one hundred is the boiling point
13. A violent rotating column of air
15. An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure

1. A sudden, intense rainfall that is normally of short duration
3. An area of low pressure around which winds blow counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere
4. Rain Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic
5. Climatic elements include precipitation, temperature, humidity, sunshine and
8. The study of the physics, chemistry, and dynamics of the atmosphere
10. High A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean
11. velocity and phenomena such as fog, frost, and hail storms
14. Cloud High cloud, delicate, hair-like and feathery looking