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Across 5. The point where a tropical storm moves off the ocean onto land. 9. The word used to describe places that are hot and dry. 12. The name given to tropical storms in the Atlantic Ocean and eastern Pacific? 13. Air that is sinking towards the ground surface leading to clear skies and dry conditions. 16. Global ............... circulation. The overall movement of air around the entire planet. 18. Most tropical storms for 5-15 degrees north and south of this. 19. In places like Japan and the Philippines tropical storms are known as? 21. The effect of the Earth's rotation that causes a tropical storm to form a spinning mass of clouds. 23. Another word for the 'path' taken by a hurricane. 24. The name given to tropical storms in the Indian Ocean? 25. The point of the hurricane just around the eye where clouds are thickest, rain is heaviest and wind is the most powerful.

Down 1. An effect of extreme weather, particularly when there are very intense storms. 2. A type of winter extreme weather. It involves lots of snow and can badly disrupt travel. 3. Weather that is significantly different from the usual or average weather 4. Warm air that rises, cools, condenses to form clouds and rain. 6. Moving air in the Earth's atmosphere or on the surface. 7. A type of extreme weather. It is an extended dry period. 8. The process of warm water at the surface of the ocean being heated to form water vapour. 10. The scale which measures hurricane strength from 1-5. 11. Satellites are useful for tropical storms as they can be used for monitoring and ............. 14. The increase in sea level as a hurricane approaches which often causes the greatest threat to life and property. 15. The abbreviation for incoming solar radiation - the energy we receive from the sun. 17. One of the three cells in the global atmospheric circulation. Not the Polar Cell or the Ferrel Cell. 20. The temperature of this needs to be at least 27 degrees C for tropical storms to form. 22. The calm, clear, centre of the hurricane.