Weather Wonders

Your forecast is partly cloudy with a chance of wordplay.
A weather-themed puzzle packed with meteorological terms, nature vocabulary, and clever wordplay on atmospheric phenomena.
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Across

  • 1A
    They might include auroras and supermoons
  • 7A
    What a storm surge has in spades
  • 8A
    Often-seen feature of a Scottish parade
  • 9A
    Desist, as the rain might
  • 11A
    Put forth for consideration
  • 14A
    Absorb, as new information
  • 15A
    Resolved, like a dispute or the weather
  • 16A
    Like a forecast without a cloud in sight
  • 17A
    Furious, or cooked over boiling water

Down

  • 2D
    Impossible to see through, like a dense fog
  • 3D
    The heart of the disaster
  • 4D
    Ring boundaries
  • 5D
    A sign of a summer scorcher
  • 6D
    Attempted, or heard in court
  • 10D
    Kind of weather warning
  • 11D
    Deftly smooth, like a charmer or an icy road
  • 12D
    Nitrogen and oxygen, for two
  • 13D
    ____ Lakes, a region known for its weather systems