THE WEATHER

What’s the weather like?

What’s the weather forecast?

How’s the weather?

WET WEATHER

• Damp: húmedo, mojado• Drizzle: llovizna, lloviznar• Shower: llovizna• Rain: lluvia, llover• Pour: diluviar• Downpour: aguacero, chaparrón• Torrential rain: lluvia torrencial• Flood: inundación, inundar(se)• Storm, thunderstorm: tormenta

Showery, rainy: lluvioso

COLD

• Hail, hailstones: granizo, granizar• Sleet, slush: aguanieve• Snow: nieve, nevar• Snowflake: copo de nieve• Blizzard: ventisca, tormenta de nieve• Frost: escarcha, helarse, congelarse• Freeze: congelarse• Thaw: descongelarse, deshielo• Melt: derretirse

Chilly: frío, helado

WARM/HOT WEATHER

• Close: sofocante• Stifling: agobiante, sofocante• Humid: húmedo• Scorching: abrasador• Boiling: ardiente, abrasador• Mild: apacible, templado• Heatwave: ola de calor• Drought: sequía

CLEAR OR CLOUDY• Bright: con mucha luz• Sunny: soleado• Clear: sin nubes• Fine: bueno

•Partially cloudy: parcialmente nublado•Cloudy: nublado•Overcast: nublado, cubierto•Gloomy: encapotado, gris•Fog /foggy: niebla/nublado cerca de la tierra•Mist/misty: niebla/con neblina causada por la llovizna•Haze/hazy: niebla, con niebla causada por el calor•Smog: niebla con humo

WIND

• Breeze: brisa• Wind: viento• Bluster: ráfaga violenta• Gale: vendaval• Hurricane: huracán• Cyclone: ciclón• Typhoon: tifón• Tornado: tornado

MORE VOCABULARY

• Forecast: predicción meteorológica• Lightning: rayo• Puddle: charco• Rainbow: arco iris• Sunshine: luz solar• Thunder: trueno, tronar

THE TEMPERATURE

It's raining cats and dogs: It's raining very hard.

A fair-weather friend:A person who will only be your friend when things are going well for you.

If someone has their head in the clouds, they are out of touch with the everyday world and can be unrealistic or naive as a result.

IDIOMS ABOUT WEATHER (I)

It never rains but it pours: The problems don't just happen occasionally . They happen all at the same time.

You're just chasing rainbows:You are trying to do something that will never happen.

He has a face like thunder. He is very angry indeed

IDIOMS ABOUT WEATHER (II)

That all sounds like a storm in a teacup to me. A person is exaggerating their problems and making their problems sound worse than they actually are

Every has a silver lining!: you can always find something positive, even in a bad situation.

Save up for a rainy day :Put money aside for when you might need it later:

IDIOMS ABOUT WEATHER (III)