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Crossword Clues:

D3 Across: Any moisture that falls to earth from the sky.

C5 Across: An instrument used to measure the rise and fall of air pressure.
C7 Across: Flat clouds that stretch out to the horizons, often signaling a coming rainstorm.
M7 Across: Precipitation that falls from the sky during some severe thunderstorms in the form of balls
of ice of varying size.
E9 Across: The boundary where one air mass meets another.
K9 Across: The part of the stratosphere that filters out dangerous ultraviolet light from the Sun.
D11 Across: A thin layer of air surrounding the earth’s surface.
F13 Across: Clouds that form at ground level.
B15 Across: Precipitation that forms when temperatures are below freezing, creating ice crystals in the
form of snowflakes from condensing water vapor.
J15 Across (2 words): The temperature at which water vapor changes into liquid water.
F17 Across: Raindrops that freeze into ice pellets before hitting the ground.
L17 Across: The fluffy clouds that form on sunny days as updrafts of warm, humid air rise to a cooler
level in the sky.
B20 Across: A severe storm that forms over tropical oceans in areas of low pressure.
D11 Down: A 3-armed pinwheel-like instrument that measures wind speed.
L17 Down: Wispy, curlicue clouds made of ice crystals that form high in the sky, where air is coldest.
G5 Down: The study of weather and weather patterns.
J11 Down: The average amount of moisture in the air.
F19 Down: The movement of air across the atmosphere.
N6 Down: Precipitation in the form of water droplets that falls when temperatures are above freezing.
O12 Down: The height above the earth’s surface.
K3 Down: A whirling wind with a funnel-shaped cloud that forms during severe thunderstorms; when
it touches down, it draws anything in its path up into its vortex, leaving a path of destruction in its