ACROSS
1. A strong wind with speeds
between 63 and 87 kilometers per
hour
3. Winter's equivalent of rain
showers
5. Transition zone between two
different air masses
6. Precipitation droplets that
are less than 0.5 millimeters in
diameter
7. A warmer than usual current
along the western coast of the
continent (two words)
9. Extended period of dry
weather which lasts longer than
normal and leads to measurable
losses
10. Severe winter storm with
high winds, bitter cold, and low
visibility due to blowing snow
13. Mature thunderstorm clouds
that have been forced to spread
out due to the high level winds
15. Moderate to heavy snow
flurry which is driven by strong
gusty winds (two words)
19. Water vapour which changes
directly into a solid when it
touches an object
20. Microscopic water droplets
which are suspended in the air
reducing visibility
22. Lump of ice which forms
during a thunderstorm when water
droplets are caught in the
updraft
23. Class of gusty winds that
become warm and dry as they flow
down the slopes of a mountain
range
24. Process in which air rises
because it is warmer and
therefore lighter than the air
around it
DOWN
2. Results from the collision
between fast-moving particles
from the sun and rarefied gasses
(two words)
3. Occurs when very cold rain
falls and hits objects which
have temperatures below 0 deg.
(two words)
4. Abnormal rise in the level
or water along the shoreline as
a result of strong winds (two
words)
5. Ground level cloud
consisting of water droplets
suspended in the air that reduce
visibility
8. A gas which protects the
earth from the harmful effects
of the sun's ultra-violet
radiation
9. Column of comparatively
cooler air that sinks rapidly
toward the ground
10. Thin layer of new ice on a
road or on the water's surface
(two words)
11. Fog composed of suspended
particles of ice that occurs at
very low temperatures
12. Forms when sunlight is
refracted the reflected by
raindrops
14. Streaks of precipitation
which fall out of a cloud but
evaporate before reaching the
ground
16. Current of rising air
17. A pool of cooler than normal
water replaces the warmer El
Nino current, bringing colder
winters (two words)
18. Tropical storm with wind
speeds exceeding 120 kilometers
per hour
21. Reduced visibility due to
pollutants, fine dusts or salt
particles.
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