Weather Words!
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Use the clues to fill in the crossword.
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Across
- 1. A small portable timepiece (5)
- 5. A storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds (8)
- 7. Spinning funnel of wind that touches the ground (7)
- 8. A single complete turn (8)
- 10. A storm resulting from strong rising air currents (12)
- 12. A mixture of gases required for breathing (3)
- 14. Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission (9)
- 15. Moving air (4)
- 16. A violent rotating windstorm (7)
Down
- 2. A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (9)
- 3. The ___ of an advancing mass of ___ air (9)
- 4. Bad weather with strong wind and rain (5)
- 6. Many objects thrown forcefully through the air (4)
- 9. A message informing of danger (7)
- 11. Wetness in the atmosphere (8)
- 13. Water falling from clouds (4)