Weather Crossword

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Weather Crossword. Across. 1. Height of the lowest clouds (5-4). 4. A region where warm air is moving into colder air (4-5). 10. The change in temperature with ...
Weather Crossword

Across 1. Height of the lowest clouds (5-4). 4. A region where warm air is moving into colder air (4-5). 10. The change in temperature with height in the atmosphere (5-4). 11. Fluffy white clouds (7). 13. A line on a weather chart joining places with equal pressure (6). 16. A wind that will cause an aircraft to drift in an easterly direction (8). 17. This measures height in terms of the air pressure (9). 18. Type of fog caused by loss of warmth into space (9). Down 2. Clouds in layers (7). 3. Rain clouds (6). 5. A warm air mass which has separated and been forced up above cooler air (9). 6. The part of the atmosphere affected by the weather (11). 7. Type of fog caused by warm moist air moving into a cooler region (9). 8. High, whispy clouds (6). 9. This supplies certain instruments with air at the outside pressure (6-4). 11. A frontal system shown on a weather map by spikes on a line (4-5). 12. Standard pressure is about 1013 of these (9). 14. Temperature at which moisture forms from water vapour in the air (3-5). 15. A layer of atmosphere where the temperature increases with altitude (9). 17. A region of high-pressure air (11). Created by Puzzlemaker at DiscoverySchool.com

ADVECTION ALTIMETER ANTICYCLONE CIRRUS CLOUD-BASE COLD-FRONT CUMULUS DEW-POINT INVERSION ISOBAR LAPSE-RATE MILLIBAR NIMBUS OCCLUSION RADIATION STATIC-PORT STRATUS TROPOSPHERE WARM-FRONT WESTERLY