☂ Talking about rainy weather

There are rain clouds on the 1

Looks 2 rain.

It’s 3 . / It’s 3 down.

This just means “It’s raining – a lot.”

4 pour

“Wow! Look at the sky! Expect a 4 !”“The sudden 4 took

everyone by surprise and almost destroyed all the sound equipment.”

The rain 5 down.

Then the rain down, and we continue with our day.

6 in the pouring rain

“When I got home, I realised I’d left my keys behind. I couldn’t get in and was
stuck 6 in the pouring rain.”

“I hate thinking about all those poor homeless people – 6 in the pouring
rain on a night like this.”
Some 7 weather / It’s very 7 here. / It’s 7 out there.

“We had some seriously 7 weather over the weekend.”

“This was the 7 year on record.”

“What a 7 weekend. We couldn’t do anything fun!”

It’s 8 .

When you can barely notice the rain, but it’s there, making your clothes wet and
your hair look silly. In short – very, very, very light rain.

It’s 9 .

Some rain just comes suddenly. But some comes so slowly that you don’t even
notice at first.There’s one single drop.Then a minute later another one.

10 rain / 11 rain

to describe how strong the rain is.

Light 12 / heavy 12

“We’ll have some heavy12 in and around Liverpool and the rest of the
country this afternoon, continuing into the evening and into the year 2048.”

The 13 opened.

suddenly, without any warning, boom! Rain – lots of rain!

We can use this phrase when we get surprised by a sudden downpour.

“… then the 13 just opened, and we had to find shelter in a nearby shop,
which turned out to sell mannequins. We were there for a while.”

14 storm

It’s raining! It’s very windy! And more excitingly, there’s electricity in the sky!

Thunder and 15

During a thunderstorm, you get this heavy, deep, rumbling sound.

That’s thunder.

And the sky electricity? That’s 15 ..

“Careful out there … you don’t wanna get struck by 15 !”

16 Rocks made of ice falling from the sky!

“I don’t believe it! It’s started 16 . Again!”

“There might be some 16 later today, according to Google.”

17 It’s just slightly icy rain.

It still hurts, though. England is 18 . It’s 18 because it’s not

just wet, but because the wetness gets everywhere. You feel it under your skin,
even when you’re inside. Everything you touch feels wet – even when it’s not.

We also use the phrase “cold and 18 .” Especially in England, of

course.
☀ Talking about sunny weather ☀

The sun’s 19 !

This means that the sun is not hiding behind a cloud or hiding behind the rest of
the earth (otherwise known as night-time).

The sun’s 20 out!

We usually use this expression on a cloudy day.It basically means “Look! We

can see the sun! Let’s enjoy it now before it disappears again!”

There wasn’t a cloud in 21

The sky was 22 .

☁ Talking about cloudy weather ☁

23 Sometimes it’s just cloudy. You look out of the window and see
clouds. Like this:

But what if the whole sky is just one massive cloud? The sky is completely just
… cloud.

Much more difficult to draw:

That’s 23 .

You can say, “It’s 23 .”

Or you can use it with “sky” or “day.”

“She looked up at the 23 sky and wondered if she would ever see the
sun again.”

24

If you’ve ever lived or stayed in the UK, you’ll be familiar with just how BORING
the weather can be.It rains … but only a little bit.There are clouds, but it’s just
overcast, not beautiful fluffy shapes in the sky.Maybe the sun will make a brief
appearance, but most of the time, it doesn’t.That’s when you can say the
weather’s 24 .

“The weather in Britain is so 24 . Even in the summer.” “It’s so 24

and miserable here. Can we emigrate or something?”

The sun’s 25 behind a cloud.

Talking about windy weather

Light 26

Your office is too hot? Well, you could open a window and let the 26 in.

A 26 is nice. It’s a very light wind that makes you feel comfortable when
it’s a little too hot.
“She stood on the beach, staring at the sea, feeling the light sea 26 on
her face.”

27

If a breeze is welcome, then a 27 is unwelcome. It’s wind that’s getting

inside – even though it shouldn’t.

“We need to change these windows. There’s such a 27 in here, and

we’re spending a fortune on heating.”

28

This basically means “a strong wind.”

“There’s a 28 approaching from the south. We should probably cut this

hike short and get back to the hostel.”

29

They’re usually short-lived and difficult to predict. And if you get caught in one,
you end up in the Wizard of Oz.

This is also known as a 30

Hurricane, cyclone and 31

What’s the difference between a hurricane and a cyclone? Well, the answer is
a little complicated, but to put it simply, it depends where it’s happening:
 The north-east Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean have hurricanes.
 The north-west Pacific has 31
 And the Indian Ocean has cyclones.

For some reason, we have a habit of giving hurricanes cute names like
“Hurricane Sandy” or “Hurricane Katrina.”

Wouldn’t “Hurricane Death” or “Hurricane Run-Away-Now” be better names?

We often use “hurricane” with the word “hit.”

“A massive hurricane is about to hit the coast of California.”

32 wind

You know when the wind makes that sound, right?The one that sounds like a
ghost?Or a werewolf?That’s a32 wind!

Talking about snowy weather

33

Well, you know what a storm is, right? When rain goes mad and there’s wind
and crazy sounds, and it’s very difficult to go outside. This is the same, but with
snow. So a 33 is basically a snowstorm.

34

OK. This doesn’t actually involve snow.But where there’s snow, there’s often 34
.

35 When the snow melts, we get water.But what about that bit in
between?When the snow is melting but hasn’t completely gone.There’s snow
and water and everything in between.That’s 35 . Yuck.

Light snow / 36

There are different ways we can talk about snow.When it’s falling from the sky
in small quantities, we call it “light snow” or “light 36 .”
Heavy snow / 36

When it’s falling from the sky in large quantities, we call it “heavy snow” or
“heavy 36 .”

37 snow

When there’s a lot of it on the ground, that’s 37 snow.

Thin 38 of snow

When there’s only a bit on the ground?That’s a thin 38 of snow.

“There was some light snowfall overnight leaving a thin 38 of snow on

the ground.”

Talking about foggy weather

A fog 39 .

Although “It’s foggy” is a perfectly fine way of describing the weather, we often
use the noun: fog. When a fog starts appearing, we can use the word “39
,” “A heavy fog has 39 on London this morning.”(Also note that, like
with “snow” and “rain,” we use the words “heavy” and “light.”)

The fog 40

When the fog finally goes away, and we can see each other again, we say that
the fog 40

A 41 fog

A 41 fog is the same as a heavy fog.

42

Fog is basically cloud. It’s when a cloud drops so low that we all find ourselves
inside it. 42 involves a more complicated procedure – something about
water droplets floating in the air caused by changes in temperature or
volcanoes.So 42 is basically flying water.

☀ Talking about hot weather ☀:

In the 43 heat

This usually expresses extreme discomfort:

“We had to wait for hours in the 43 heat with just a small bottle of water
and a cucumber.”

44

When there’s a lot of water in the air, it’s 44 , and that’s when slightly high
temperatures can feel really, really high.

Like a 45

So if you want to say that the weather is ridiculously hot, you can say, “It’s like a
45 .”

46

Sometimes, when it’s completely cloudy and overcast, the heat gets trapped
under the clouds and makes you feel uncomfortable. The actual temperature
may not even be particularly high, but somehow you feel uncomfortable
because the heat feels like it’s all around you – suffocating you and making you
feel like you want to take all your clothes off and jump in the river.

Talking about cold weather

47

When it’s 47 , you feel slightly cold.

“Oooh. It’s a bit 47 here, isn’t it?”

48

This one also means “a bit cold.”So we use “48 when we feel that the
cold weather is biting us a little bit.

49

Sometimes when it’s cold, it feels good, right?It wakes you up and gives you
energy.That’s when it’s 49

50

It means “very cold.”