Level 1: Weather

Chilly - cold weather.

Example:

It’s rather chilly outside. Wait a few minutes, I’ll go grab my jacket.

Clear - nice weather with a cloudless sky.

Example:

The night was clear and we saw a lot of stars.

Cloud/cloudy - the water in the sky that makes it look gray, dark blue, or white.

Example:

The sky is so cloudy. It looks like it’s going to rain.

Cool - low temperature in between warm and cold.

Example:

Even though the days are rather hot in summer, in most regions, the nights are still cool.

Flurries - light snow.

Example:

Is it snowing?Not really, but I’ve seen some flurries.

Fog/foggy - thick vapor that worsens visibility.

Example:

Are you going to David today?No, I decided not to drive in such foggy weather.

Forecast - the expected weather.

Example:

According to the forecast, it was supposed to be sunny, but it’s pouring rain all day.

Freezing cold - extremely low temperature.

Example:

It’s freezing cold outside. I’m not going anywhere today.

Frost - extremely low temperature; small ice crystals that form during low temperature.

Example:

I left my flowers on the balcony, but the night frost killed them all.

Frostbite - a skin condition, usually reddish skin, caused by exposure to low temperature.

Example:

I was walking my dog without gloves last winter and got frostbites all over my hands.

Heat stroke - a health condition caused by long exposure to the sun that has such symptoms as high body temperature, nausea, headache, and weakness.

Example:

I feel bad. I think I got a heat stroke because we were playing volleyball all day and I wasn’t wearing a hat.

Heat wave - extremely hot weather.

Example:

Due to climate change, heat waves in Northern Europe are becoming more and more common.

Minus/negative - below zero.

Example:

It’s cold, but it’s definitely not freezing-cold. It’s just minus 2 degrees.

Rain/raining/rainy - the moisture from the atmosphere falling down to earth.

Example:

When it’s raining, I like to stay home and read all day.

Rainbow - the colors visible in the sky, usually red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun's light by rain.

Example:

Rainbows are considered to be common, but they do not appear after every rainfall.

Season - a period in the year that consists of several months and is characterized by certain weather conditions, for example, Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn.

Example:

Spring is the best season to travel since the weather is nice but it’s not too hot.

Snow/snowy/snowing - ice crystals of frozen atmospheric vapor.

Example:

Christmas without snow is kind of depressive.

Sun/sunshine/sunny - a star around which the Earth orbits that provides the light and heat for the Earth/ The warmth and light from the sun/ Cloudless weather.

Example:

Usually, we have more sunny days in summer.

Umbrella - a device that is made to protect one against rain.

Weather - the condition of the atmosphere at a certain location and time, regarding heat, humidity, sunshine, cloudiness, wind, pressure, snow, rain, etc.

Example:

The weather is great today. It’s 80°F and sunny.

Wind/windy - the natural movement of the air/ exposed to or characterized by winds.

Example:

How was your hiking today?It was a rather windy day, so we were really cold.