The Weather

Learn to talk about the weather (requires Real Player).

Using verbs to describe the weather

sunny
The sun is shining
drizzle
It's drizzling
windy
The wind is blowing
rainy
It's raining (The rain is falling.)
hail
It's hailing
pouring
It's pouring (The rain is pouring down.)
snowy
It's snowing (The snow is falling.)
storm
It's thundering

Using adjectives to describe the weather

scorching
Sweltering = It's sweltering. or It's a sweltering day.
freezing
Freezing = It's freezing. or It's a freezing day.
warm
Warm = It's warn. or It's a warm day.
cold
Cold = It's cold. or It's a cold day.
sunny
Sunny = It's sunny. or It's a sunny day.
cloudy
Cloudy = It's cloudy. or It's a cloudy day.
clear
Clear = It's clear. or It's a clear day.
storm
Stormy = It's stormy. or It's a stormy day.
mist
Misty = It's misty. or It's a misty day.
foggy
Foggy = It's foggy. or It's a foggy day.
breezy
Breezy = It's breezy. or It's a breezy day
windy
Windy = It's windy. or It's a windy day.
showery
Showery = It's showery. or It's a showery day.
rainy
Rainy = It's rainy. or It's a rainy day.
jack frost
Frosty = It's frosty. or It's a frosty day.
snowy
Snowy = It's snowy. or It's a snowy day.
icy
Icy = It's icy. or It's an icy day.
drizzle
Drizzly = It's drizzly. or It's a drizzly day.
sunshine
. Dry = It's dry. or It's a dry day.
wet
Wet = It's wet. or It's a wet day.

Other things associated with the weather

sunshine
sunshine
lightning
lightning
puddle
puddles
raindrop
raindrops
hail
hailstones
snowflake
snowflakes
jack frost
frost
forecast
The weather forecast
flood
flood
drought
drought
tidal wave
tidalwave
tornado
tornado / twister
hurricane
Atlantic / Eastern Pacific = a hurricane 
Northwest Pacific = a typhoon 
Rest of the world = a cyclone
hurricane

Describing the weather generally

scorchinghot, scorchingrainywet, miserable, damp
sunnywarm, mild, fine, drymistdull, grey
clearcool, refreshingcoldcold, chilly

What to say

How to ask about the weather.
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A lot of nouns about the weather are uncountable, so we have to create or add a counting word:-
Fog / MistA wisp of mist / fog.
HailA hailstone
Rain
A drop of rain A raindrop
SnowA snowflake
SunshineA ray of sunshine
WindA gust of wind

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