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Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 1. A strong wind with speeds between 63 and 87 kilometres 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 millimetres 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 kilometres per hour
- 21. Reduced visibility due to pollutants, fine dusts or salt particles.
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