The document defines various weather-related terms and conditions, including types of precipitation (rain, snow, sleet), storms (thunderstorms, blizzards, hurricanes, tornadoes), cloud types (cirrus, cumulus), weather phenomena (fog, frost, hail), and tools used in meteorology (thermometer, wind sock). It provides descriptions of weather-related vocabulary words to build comprehension of weather and climate concepts.

9. STORMY

34. What’s the
temperature today?
It’s 19° (19 degrees) centigrade
It’s 65° (65 degrees)
Fahrenheit
It’s freezing.
It’s very cold
It’s cold
It’s mild.
It’s warm
It’s hot
It’s very hot

35. What’s the weather
like today?
It’s sunny.
Nice day, isn’t it?
Yes, it’s lovely!
What’s the weather
like today?
It’s very wet and
windy.
Awful day, isn’t it? Yes, it’s terrible!

37. The Weather Definitions
Swirling– going around
and around in a circle

38. Rains— water falls to
the earth from the
clouds

39. Warm– when the air is
heated; not cold or not
hot

40. Thunderstorm– a storm
with thunder and
lightening

41. Dangerous– likely to
cause something bad
or harmful to happen

42. Blizzard– a long
snowstorm with
strong cold wind
filled with snow

43. Snow– soft, white
flakes that fall
from clouds when
it is cold

44. Sleet-- icy mixture of
rain and snow

45. Hurricane– storms
with strong winds
and heavy rain that
form over the ocean

46. Tornado– a storm
with strong winds
that whirl and
travel in a funnel-
shaped dark cloud

47. Ground– the ground
is made up of dirt
and is the solid
surface of the Earth

48. Ocean– a large body
of salt water that
covers most of the
Earth’s surface

49. Flood– happens
when a lot of water
flows over normally
dry land (this can
happen when it rains
a lot)

50. Whirl– to turn quickly
in a circle

51. Sprinkle– a little rain

52. Pitter-patter– describes
a sound of soft rain
(such as a beating
heart)

53. Cloudy– having many
clouds

54. Sunset– happens
every day when the
sun disappears from
view in the west

55. Clear– free from
clouds

56. Temperature—how
hot or cold
something is

57. Meteorologist– a
scientist who studies
the weather

58. Conditions– what the
weather is like (hot,
cold, sunny, dry,
cloudy, rain, sleet,
hail, windy, humid,
etc.)

59. Swirling– going around
and around in a circle

60. Forecast-- a weather
prediction (What will
the weather be like?)

61. Prepare– to get
ready

62. Correct– having no
mistakes

63. Cirrus– a kind of
thin, white cloud
found high in the sky

64. Cumulus– a big,
black cloud that
holds a lot of water

65. Chilly– cool or a
little cold

66. Thermometer– an
instrument used to
measure the
temperature

67. Degrees– units used to
measure temperature

68. Wind sock– a sleeve,
open on both sides,
used to measure wind
direction

69. Desert– a hot, dry,
sandy region or area

70. Mountains– masses
of land that are high
above the land that
surround them

71. Rodents– animals
with large front teeth
that use their teeth
for gnawing (such as
squirrels, rats, mice,
and beavers)

72. Frozen– made into
ice, or covered with
ice

73. Freeze– to become
cold and hard

74. Blanket– a thick
covering or layer

75. Hurricane– big
storms with fast
winds and heavy rain

76. Eye– a part of your
body that you use to
see. It can also mean
the center of
something (such as
the eye of a
hurricane)