Weather Vocabulary

Using Adjectives to describe the weather:

	Sweltering = It's sweltering. or It's a sweltering day. Trời nóng oi ả, oi bức		Freezing = It's freezing. or It's a freezing day. Trời lạnh cực như đóng băng.
	Warm = It's warn. or It's a warm day.		Cold = It's cold. or It's a cold day.
	Sunny = It's sunny. or It's a sunny day.		Cloudy = It's cloudy. or It's a cloudy day.
	Clear = It's clear. or It's a clear day.		Stormy = It's stormy. or It's a stormy day.
	Misty = It's misty. or It's a misty day. Sương mù		Foggy = It's foggy. or It's a foggy day. Sương mù dày đặc
	Breezy = It's breezy. or It's a breezy day Gió hiu hiu, gió nhẹ		Windy = It's windy. or It's a windy day.
	Showery = It's showery. or It's a showery day.		Rainy = It's rainy. or It's a rainy day.
	Frosty = It's frosty. or It's a frosty day. Lạng giá như đóng băng		Snowy = It's snowy. or It's a snowy day.
	Icy = It's icy. or It's an icy day. Đóng băng		Drizzly = It's drizzly. or It's a drizzly day. Mưa phùn
	. Dry = It's dry. or It's a dry day.		Wet = It's wet. or It's a wet day.

Using verbs to describe the weather: 

	The sun is shining		It's drizzling
	The wind is blowing		It's raining (The rain is falling.)
	It's hailing Mưa đá		It's pouring (The rain is pouring down.)
	It's snowing (The snow is falling.)		It's thundering

Other things associated with the weather:

	sunshine		lightning
	puddles Vũng nước		raindrops
	hailstones		snowflakes
	frost		The weather forecast
	flood		drought
	tidalwave		tornado / twister
Atlantic / Eastern Pacific = a hurricane Northwest Pacific = a typhoon Rest of the world = a cyclone

Describing the weather generally:

	hot, scorching		wet, miserable, damp
	warm, mild, fine, dry		dull, grey
	cool, refreshing		cold, chilly

A lot of nouns about the weather are UNCOUNTABLE, so we have create or add a counting word:

Fog / Mist	A wisp of mist / fog.
Hail	A hailstone
Rain	A drop of rain / A raindrop
Snow	A snowflake
Sunshine	A ray of sunshine
Wind	A gust of wind

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