Types of Precipitation Crossword Puzzle

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RAINSHADOW : This is a relatively low rainfall area on the leeward side of mountains.
COLD FRONT : This is the leading edge of a moving cold air mass that contacts a warmer air mass.
FRONTAL PRECIPITATION : This occurs where two different air masses meet.
HAILSTONES : These form in cumulonimbus clouds in violent updrafts when water droplets are forced to circulate many times, adding a new layer of ice with each circulation.
ADIABATIC COOLING : This occurs when air is forced to rise, air pressure ↓ & the air expands & cools down.
ADIABATIC HEATING : This occurs after air reaches a mountain summit, begins to descend into the valley on the leeward side, warms, contracts & ↑ pressure as elevation↓.
CONVECTION : This type of precipitation occurs in tropical regions and over large land masses.
LEEWARD : This is the dry side of a mountain barrier where air undergoes adiabatic warming, resulting in sunny skies & no rain.
THUNDERSTORMS : These occur from towering cumulonimbus clouds created by convection.
WINDWARD : This side of a mountain range has lots of rain, since the risen cooled air drops its moisture.
STATIONARY FRONT : This is a front that stays in one place, neither advancing nor retreating.
WARM FRONT : This is the leading edge of an advancing warm, light, less stable air mass that moves into contact with a cooler, heavier, more stable air mass.
OROGRAPHIC : This type of precipitation occurs when warm, moist air comes into contact with a mountain range, cools, condenses & forms clouds from which rain falls on a mountain’s windward slopes.
OCCLUDED FRONT : This is a front where a fast-moving cold front overtakes a slower moving warm front & pushes the warm air mass off the ground, producing a mixture of cold & warm front weather.

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QUESTIONS LIST:

rainshadow : this is a relatively low rainfall area on the leeward side of mountains.
cold front : this is the leading edge of a moving cold air mass that contacts a warmer air mass.
frontal precipitation : this occurs where two different air masses meet.
hailstones : these form in cumulonimbus clouds in violent updrafts when water droplets are forced to circulate many times, adding a new layer of ice with each circulation.
adiabatic cooling : this occurs when air is forced to rise, air pressure ↓ & the air expands & cools down.
adiabatic heating : this occurs after air reaches a mountain summit, begins to descend into the valley on the leeward side, warms, contracts & ↑ pressure as elevation↓.
convection : this type of precipitation occurs in tropical regions and over large land masses.
leeward : this is the dry side of a mountain barrier where air undergoes adiabatic warming, resulting in sunny skies & no rain.
thunderstorms : these occur from towering cumulonimbus clouds created by convection.
windward : this side of a mountain range has lots of rain, since the risen cooled air drops its moisture.
stationary front : this is a front that stays in one place, neither advancing nor retreating.
warm front : this is the leading edge of an advancing warm, light, less stable air mass that moves into contact with a cooler, heavier, more stable air mass.
orographic : this type of precipitation occurs when warm, moist air comes into contact with a mountain range, cools, condenses & forms clouds from which rain falls on a mountain’s windward slopes.
occluded front : this is a front where a fast-moving cold front overtakes a slower moving warm front & pushes the warm air mass off the ground, producing a mixture of cold & warm front weather.