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Wordperfect Weather
- It's pouring with rain means that it's raining heavily.
- A draught is a shortage of water, usually because it hasn't rained for a long time.
- In a thunderstorm, you see lightning and you hear thunder.
- A Mediterranean climate is generally hot in the summer and mild in the winter.
- The sky was overcast; It wasn't very bright and all you could see was cloud.
- Temperature is measured in degrees.
- 120 degrees Fahrenheit is equivalent to about 49 degrees Centigrade/ Celsius.
- When there's a gale, the wind is blowing very strongly.
- A blizzard is severe snowstorm.
- Have you heard the weather forecast for tomorrow? They say it's going to be hot and humid.
1) Do you remember the blizzard of 1997? We were snowed in four days.
2) The world's climate was very different when the dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
3) It must have been at least 45 Celsius in the shade.
4) Maybe we should postpone the match, the weather forecast is really bad for tomorrow.
5) The South West can expect a top temperature this afternoon of 38 degrees Centigrade.
6) Draught and famine are not the most serious problems facing Africa; war and corruption are.
7) There's no reason to be afraid of the thunderstorm as long as you stay indoors there's no danger of being stuck by lightning.
8) It was blowing a gale when I cycled home last night; it was hard to stop the bike from getting blown over.
9) 'Don't go out yet. It's pouring with rain. You'll get soaked".
10) Even though it was the middle of summer, it was so overcast every day that we don't get a chance to sunbathe once.