Spelling Words #4

The definition of ______________ is a cloud layer that covers most, or all of the sky.

• Storm

• Thunder

• Weather

• Overcast

_____________ is the state of the atmosphere, usually short term, with respect to its effects upon life, property and human activities.

• Weather

• Humidity

• Flood

• Drought

______________ is all the various visible electrical discharges produced by thunderstorms. It can be cloud to cloud, cloud to ground, or cloud to air.

• Thunder

• Lightning

• Storm

• Hurricane

You can define _______________ as a measure of the water vapor content of the air.

• Flood

• Climate

• Humidity

• Storm

A ___________ is a period of moisture deficiency, extensive in space and time.

• Humidity

• Rain

• Drought

• Forecast

A ____________ is when a meteorologist predicts weather conditions usually as a result of study and analysis of available pertinent data.

• Forecast

• Drought

• Overcast

• Weather

A ____________ a rising and overflowing of a body of water especially onto normally dry land.

• Climate

• Flood

• Humidity

• Storm

A ____________ is a tropical cyclone with winds of 74 miles per hour or greater that is usually accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning.

• Hurricane

• Storm

• Lightning

• Climate

___________ is the statistical collective of weather conditions over a specified period of time (i.e. usually several decades).

• Weather

• Flood

• Climate

• Forecast

A ___________ is a disturbance of the atmosphere marked by wind and usually by rain, snow, hail, sleet, or thunder and lightning

• Hurricane

• Storm

• Drought

• Humidity