Weather Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. winds that occur in belts that go all around the planet.
  2. 7. a cold air mass slides under a warm air mass.
  3. 8. a cloud on the ground.
  4. 10. when water vapor condenses around particles in the air.
  5. 12. Clockwise spinning air mass with descending air
  6. 13. the average of weather over a long time
  7. 14. fast moving rivers of air going in opposite directions.
  8. 15. blows from sea to land during the day or in summer.
  9. 18. boundary between two air masses.
  10. 20. a warm air mass slides over a cold air mass.
  11. 21. the percent of water vapor in the air relative to the total amount the air can hold.
  12. 22. Layers of horizontal clouds that form low in the troposphere
  13. 23. a warm air mass becomes trapped between two cold air masses.
  14. 25. thin, wispy clouds that are made of ice crystals high in the troposphere
Down
  1. 2. blows from land to sea during the night or in winter.
  2. 3. stalled air masses
  3. 4. a measure of what the temperature feels like because of the humidity.
  4. 5. The flowing surface air.
  5. 6. Counterclockwise spinning air mass with rising air
  6. 9. the conditions of the atmosphere at a given time and place
  7. 11. winds that blow over a limited area.
  8. 16. a large body of air that has about the same conditions throughout.
  9. 17. the amount of water vapor in the air.
  10. 19. white and puffy clouds that grow vertically in the troposphere
  11. 24. the temperature at which water vapor condenses.