X-PRESS CROSSWORD PUZZLE 1: WEATHER

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Across
  1. 3. Type of cloud often signalling fair weather
  2. 6. A violent rotating storm
  3. 9. Snow blown across the ground by the wind
  4. 10. Period of unusually high temperature
  5. 12. A gentle breeze
  6. 15. Gentle wind, barely noticeable
  7. 16. Brief period of intense cold
  8. 22. Sudden short-lived windstorm
  9. 23. Very warm, humid climate region
  10. 25. Painful freezing of skin due to extreme cold
  11. 27. Expression: Someone who brings success or profit
  12. 28. Day with precipitation
  13. 30. Line of intense thunderstorms preceding a cold front: "___ Line"
  14. 31. Song lyric: "You are my ___ day" by Bobby Hebb
  15. 32. Idiom: Every ___ has a silver lining
  16. 34. Seasonal heavy rain in certain regions
  17. 36. Warm, dry wind descending the lee of mountains
  18. 37. Severe weather with freezing rain
  19. 40. Tropical cyclone with violent winds and heavy rain
  20. 42. Movie title: 2007 romantic drama
  21. 43. Storm with heavy rain and strong winds
  22. 46. Sudden heavy rain
  23. 47. Idiom: Expression to pursue the impossible: "Chase the ___"
  24. 48. Thunderstorm with strong winds and hail
Down
  1. 1. Sudden loud sound from thunder
  2. 2. Snowstorm with strong winds
  3. 4. Movie title: 1935 drama starring John Barrymore
  4. 5. Very fine, gentle rain
  5. 7. Frozen raindrops
  6. 8. Rapid flow of snow down a slope
  7. 11. Combination of thunder, lightning, and heavy rain
  8. 13. Protective outer garment for wet weather
  9. 14. Weather phenomenon often seen after rain
  10. 17. Sudden electrostatic discharge during a storm
  11. 18. Beatles lyric: "Here comes the ___"
  12. 19. Idiom: "April ___ bring May flowers"
  13. 20. Movie title: 1998 film starring Aidan Quinn
  14. 21. Evening sky phenomenon as the sun disappears
  15. 24. Song lyric: "It's ___ men" by The Weather Girls
  16. 26. Heavy snow with strong winds
  17. 29. Invisible ice forming on roads, dangerous to drivers
  18. 33. Extremely hot, dry wind in some mountainous regions
  19. 35. Thick cloud at ground level, reducing visibility
  20. 36. Clouds that form at high altitude
  21. 38. Expression: "The ___ is falling" – impending disaster
  22. 39. Extreme cold wave or condition
  23. 41. Expression: "Under the ___" – meaning in trouble
  24. 44. Frozen precipitation falling from the sky
  25. 45. Extremely strong, rotating column of air