Weather

Question 1

Overcast

Answer 1

‘Cloudy’

“It’s a little overcast.”

Question 2

To let up

Answer 2

When you’re talking about bad weather, you want it to “let up”, which means to stop.

“When’s this rain gonna let up?”

Amainar, aflojar. Ease off, lessen
-The heavy rain let up after four hours of incessant downpour.

Question 3

Forecast

Answer 3

An official weather prediction is called a “forecast”. A forecast “calls for” a certain type of weather:

• “The forecast calls for rain.”
  (Predicción, pronóstico del tiempo)

Question 4

Humidity

Answer 4

“Humidity” is the amount of moisture (water) in the air.

-“I can tolerate the heat, but what I can’t stand is this humidity!”

Question 5

… for (a certain season)

Answer 5

You can talk about how hot, cold, rainy, or sunny it is “for” a certain season:

-“It’s awfully cold for March.”

Question 6

Erratic weather

Answer 6

Weather that’s unusual and hard to predict is “erratic”:

-“What’s up with this erratic weather we’ve been having, huh?

Question 7

To Bundle Up

Answer 7

When it’s cold outside, you have to wear warm clothes and wrap them around yourself tightly. This is called “bundling up”:

-“Make sure to bundle up!”

Dress warmly
(arroparse, taparse, abrigarse)
- It is best to bundle up before going out into cold weather. (Es mejor abrigarse antes de salir al clima frío).

Question 8

Slush

Answer 8

Melting Snow
When snow melts, it becomes a mixture of ice and water called “slush”:
- “It’s all turned to slush at this point.”
- “Be careful - all the roads are covered in slush”.
(Aguanieve, nieve a medio derretir)

Question 9

(a strom) headed towards…

Answer 9

When there’s a large storm, people discuss which areas the storm is “headed toward”:
- “There’s a hurricane headed toward us.”
(dirigiéndose a/hacia…)

Question 10

To clear up

Answer 10

When bad weather goes away, you can say that it has “cleared up”:

• “It’s supposed to clear up by Friday.”

(Despejarse)

Question 11

Soaking wet

Answer 11

Sodden, Soaked.
(empapado, hecho sopa)

• “I stepped in a big puddle on the way over here, and now my feet are soaking wet.”
• “I forgot my umbrella and by the time I got home I was soaking wet”.

Question 12

Sleet

Answer 12

(UK) wet snowfall (aguanieve)

• They’re predicting sleet for right around the rush hour. (Pronostican aguanieve para la hora pico)
• The cold, snow and sleet was exceptionally heavy

Frozen Rain
- It started sleeting just as I reached the driveway. Empezó a cellisquear (caer aguanieve) justo cuando llegué a la entrada.

(US) ice pellets
granizo, perdigón de nieve

Question 13

Ice Pellet

Answer 13

granizo, perdigón de nieve

pellet: small round thing - bolita, perdigón