Across
- 3. the bulge or dome of seawater under the center of a hurricane and bringing the most destructive force of a hurricane
- 5. Hurricanes form over warm, moist _____ waters.
- 7. the sound caused by lightning
- 13. the high winds which spiral counter-clockwise upward around the eye
- 14. a rapidly swirling, funnel-shaped cloud with extremely low pressure at the center
- 15. electricity generated when strong up-down air currents in clouds produce positive and negative charges
- 16. the scale that measures the intensity of a hurricane
- 17. tropical weather system with a well-defined eye and eye wall that has winds speeds 74 mph or higher.
Down
- 1. Specialized radar that measures the movement of particles in the air
- 2. A tornado _____ is issued when a tornado has been sighted or detected by radar
- 4. A tornado _____ is issued when conditions are favorable for a tornado.
- 6. The calm center at the center of a tropical storm or hurricane
- 8. About 75% of tornadoes occur in the ______ ______.
- 9. weather system that has counter-clockwise winds swirling around a center of low pressure is called a tropical __________.
- 10. A weather system that includes multiple thunderstorms from the tropics that last more than 24 hours is called a tropical _________
- 11. A tropical weather system with an eye in tropicalstorm the center of low pressure that has winds speeds between 38 and 73 mph.
- 12. land covering the central part of the U.S. where tornadoes are more likely to occur