Weather Words

2. A boundary between a mass of warm air and the cooler air it is displacing.
4. Rain clouds
7. Winds that reliably blow east to west just north and south of the equator.
9. Fair, stable weather conditions with clear skies.
12. A boundary between two different air masses, typically with differing temperatures and moisture content.
13. The downward movement of water through soil and rock.
14. The boundary between a mass of cold, dense air and a mass of warmer, less dense air.
15. A large body of air with generally uniform temperature and humidity.
17. Puffy, low, cotton ball clouds
18. Often associated with cloudy, windy, and potentially rainy or snowy weather.
20. A weather phenomenon that forms when a faster-moving cold front overtakes a slower-moving warm front, essentially "occluding" or trapping the warm air aloft.
21. A large body of air that originates in the tropics, characterized by warm temperatures and varying humidity depending on its source region (land or ocean).
23. A large body of air that forms over land, typically characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture from a large body of water.
25. Used to measure air pressure.

1. Heat-driven cycles that occur in the air, ocean, and mantle.
3. An instrument that measures wind speed and wind pressure.
5. A small group of two or more atoms that are joined together through chemical bonds.
6. High altitude,composed of ice crystals, wispy, feathery
8. Large-scale air currents that circulate around the Earth in a predictable pattern.
10. Low, Flat, gray, layer like clouds
11. A large body of air that originates in higher latitude regions (around 40° to 60° north or south) and is characterized by cold temperatures.
16. Circulating air is deflected toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere.
19. A weather front that marks the boundary between two air masses (warm and cold) where neither air mass is significantly advancing or retreating.
22. Originate over the oceans and are therefore moist air masses.
24. A fast, narrow current of air flowing from west to east that encircles the globe.