This document contains a list of weather-related vocabulary terms organized into categories such as temperature, wind, precipitation, and more. It includes common weather phenomena like blizzards, hurricanes, and thunderstorms. Sample conversation starters about the weather are also provided.

1. Weather Vocabulary
COLD WET/COLD hurricane/typhoon
below freezing blizzard tornado
WIND
icy snow/snowy/snowing blustery
freezing cold flurries wind/windy
frost sleet breeze/breezy
cold hail
PRECIPITATION
chilly pouring thunder/thunderstorm
TEMPERATURE
rain/raining/rainy lightning
shower
cool drizzling Celsius
mild fog/foggy degrees
warm overcast Fahrenheit
cloud/cloudy forecast
damp humidity
hot partly cloudy precipitation
boiling hot sunshine/sunny smog
a scorcher dry temperature
heat-wave drought thermometer
HOT DRY/HOT
✩ What's it like out? ✩ It's snowing here, what's it doing there?
✩ How's the weather? ✩ Beautiful day, huh?
✩ What's the temperature there? ✩ What's the weather forecast?
Weather Vocabulary
COLD WET/COLD hurricane/typhoon
below freezing blizzard tornado
WIND
icy snow/snowy/snowing blustery
freezing cold flurries wind/windy
frost sleet breeze/breezy
cold hail
PRECIPITATION
chilly pouring thunder/thunderstorm
TEMPERATURE
rain/raining/rainy lightning
shower
cool drizzling Celsius
mild fog/foggy degrees
warm overcast Fahrenheit
cloud/cloudy forecast
damp humidity
hot partly cloudy precipitation
boiling hot sunshine/sunny smog
a scorcher dry temperature
heat-wave drought thermometer
HOT DRY/HOT
✩ What's it like out? ✩ It's snowing here, what's it doing there?
✩ How's the weather? ✩ Beautiful day, huh?
✩ What's the temperature there? ✩ What's the weather forecast?
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