The Weather Crossword

Complete the crossword, then click on "Check" to check your answer. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number.

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Across:
1.	Opposite of El Nino known as La ________(4)
6.	Transfer of radiant energy (9)
7.	Uncontrolled burning usually in forested areas (8)
11.	Low temperature (4)
12.	Deposits of water reaching earth from the atmosphere (13)
14.	Long period of extremely dry weather (7)
15.	Precipitation in the form of flakes of ice crystals (4)
19.	Statement of probable future weather conditions (8)
21.	Water changing from a liquid to gaseous state (11)
23.	Warmth (4)
24.	Extremely cold and penetrating wind (4)
25.	Lump of frozen rain formed instrong updrafts of a thunderstorm cell (4)
28.	Frozen water (3)
29.	Drops of water condensed on a cool surface especially at night (3)
30.	Narrow beam of light (3)
32.	The study of the weather (11)
33.	Underneath (5)
35.	Location (4)
39.	Moistened or covered with water (3)
40.	Evaporation of water through plant leaves (13)
41.	Partly melted falling snow or hail (5)
42.	Side protected from the wind (3)
43.	Pass on information (5)
44.	Instrument that measures rain (5)
45.	Inundation of usually dry land with water (5)
46.	Pressure at a point due to the weight of a column of air above it (11)
47.	Precipitation in the form of water drops (4)

Down:
1.	Zero rain record (3)
2.	Unusual warming of the eastern Pacific that brings dry weather to Australia known as El _______ (4)
3.	Very strong wind (4)
4.	A heavy fog is sometimes described as a _______ (4)
5.	Thin fog resulting from condensation close to the ground (4)
6.	Devices that uses radio waves to determine the position and movement of a distant object (5)
8.	Violent weather condition with strong winds, heavy rain and possible hail, lightning and thunder (5)
9.	Direct light of the sun (80
10.	Instrument that measures air pressure (9)
11.	Dense concentration of water droplets in the atmosphere (5)
13.	Vapour content of the air (8)
14.	Not wet (3)
16.	Site equipped with meteorological instruments that measure and record weather-related data (14)
17.	Notification of weather conditions that are likley to harm life or property (7)
18.	Mass of water droplets suspended in the air (3)
19.	Narrow boundary separating air masses of different temperatures (5)
20.	The long-term weather conditions experienced in a region (7)
22.	Man-made device orbiting around the earth (9)
26.	Layer of gases surrounding the earth (10)
27.	Distinctly shaped and coloured float in a body of water (4)
31.	Continuous period of abnormally hot weather (8)
33.	Device used to carry electronic instruments into the upper atmosphere (7)
34.	Day-to-day meteorological conditions (7)
36.	Series of observations and measurements (4)
37.	Brief written summary (4)
38.	Line on a weather map joining places with the same air pressure (6)
39.	Flow of air relative to the earth's surface (4)