Give the English equivalents for the following. - ветер; штиль; боковой ветер; встречный ветер; попутный ветер; порыв ветра; сильный

- ветер; штиль; боковой ветер; встречный ветер; попутный ветер; порыв ветра; сильный ветер; слабый ветер; сдвиг ветра;

- турбулентность; слабая турбулентность; сильная турбулентность; умеренная турбулентность; турбулентность ясного неба;

- дождь; сильный дождь; небольшой дождь; переохлажденный дождь; морось; ливень; сильный ливень; гроза; снег с дождем; слякоть; мокрый снег; град; мороз; обледенение; снежные заносы; сугробы; снежные борозды;

- дымка; мгла; туман; плотный туман; переохлажденный туман; туман местами; рассеивание тумана;

- стоячая вода; лужи воды; ледяные лужи; затопленная водой ВПП; мокрая ВПП; влажная ВПП; водяной смерч; торнадо; тайфун; ураган;

- облака; разорванные облака; нижняя граница облачности; грозовые облака; грозовые образования; перистые облака.

Match a line in A with a line in B to define the words in italics. Use your dictionary if you want.

a)

A	B
A rainbow is	wind blowing from behind a travelling aircraft.
Drift is	it is not windy.
Snowdrifts are	deviation by an aircraft from a set course due to winds
Tailwind is	violent or uneven movement of air.
Crosswind is	wind blowing from directly in front.
Headwind is	an arch containing the colours of the spectrum, formed in the sky, when the sun shines through rain or spray.
When it is calm	wind blowing across the direction in which aircraft are travelling
Turbulence is	deep banks of snow heaped up by the wind

b)

A	B
Fog is	thin mist.
Mist is	it is not completely dry, slightly wet.
Haze is	falling snow or hail mixed with rain.
Frost is	a cloud of minute drops of water vapour hanging just above the ground, less thick than fog but still difficult to see through.
When the runway is damp	a thick cloud of tiny drops of water close to or just above land or sea; thick mist.
When the runway is wet	it is covered with soft, usually dirty, melting snow.
Sleet is	it is covered, soaked or moistened with water.
When there is slush on the runway	weather condition in which temperature falls below freezing point.

c)

A	B
Snow is	a cloud formed of rounded masses heaped on a flat base.
Rain is	frozen water that falls to the ground from the sky in soft white flakes.
Sandstorm is	a cloud level.
Drizzle is	a storm in a desert in which sand is blown through the air by the wind.
Cirrus is	it is covered with cloud.
Cumulus is	a type of light wispy cloud, high in the sky.
When the sky is overcast,	condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling as separate drops.
Ceiling is	fine misty rain.

d)

A	B
Hail is	loud noise that follows a flash of lightning.
A hailstone is	frozen rain falling in a shower.
Tornado is	a funnel-shaped column of water between the sea and the clouds, formed when a whirlwind draws up a whirling mass of water.
Waterspout is	a storm with a violent wind, especially a West Indian cyclone.
Thunder is	a flash of brilliant light in the sky produced by natural electricity passing between clouds or from clouds to the ground, usually followed by thunder.
Lightning is	a small ball of hail.
Hurricane is	a violent tropical hurricane that occurs in the western Pacific.
Typhoon is	violent and destructive whirlwind.

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