Weather

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans (7)
  2. 5. Lacking definite form or limits (6)
  3. 6. Filled or abounding with fog or mist (5)
  4. 7. Bright and pleasant (5)
  5. 10. A shortage of rainfall (7)
  6. 11. Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission (9)
  7. 13. Any wind that changes direction with the seasons (7)
  8. 14. A violent rotating windstorm (7)

Down

  1. 2. Containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor (5)
  2. 3. Devoid of warmth and cordiality (3)
  3. 4. Spinning funnel of wind that touches the ground (7)
  4. 6. Devoid of warmth and cordiality (6)
  5. 8. The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid (8)
  6. 9. A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (9)
  7. 12. Low in temperature; also a sniffly illness (4)
  8. 13. Filled or abounding with fog or ___ (5)