a. Drizzle: light rain falling in very fine drops
b. Shower: a brief and usually light fall of rain
c. Downpour: a heavy fall of rain
d. Flood: an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land
Clouds
a. Cloudy: (of the sky or weather) covered with or characterized by clouds
b. Gloomy: dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening
c. Foggy: full of or characterized by fog
d. Overcast: (of the sky or weather) marked by a covering of grey cloud; dull
e. Clear: unclouded
Cold
a. Hail: pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds
b. Sleet: rain containing some ice, as when snow melts as it falls
c. Snow: atmospheric water vapour frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer
d. Snowflake: a small piece of snow that falls from the sky
e. Blizzard: a severe snowstorm with high winds
Wind
a. Breeze: a gentle wind
b. Blustery: (of weather) characterized by strong winds
c. Windy: characterized by or exposed to strong winds
d. Gale: a very strong wind
e. Hurricane: a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean
Temperature
a. Hot: having a high degree of heat or a high temperature
b. Warm: of or at a fairly or comfortably high temperature
c. Cool: of or at a fairly low temperature
d. Cold: of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body
e. Freezing: below 0°C
Other Vocabulary
a. Forecast: predict or estimate (a future event or trend).
b. Drought: a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water
c. Lightning: the occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash and typically also thunder.
d. Thunder: a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air
e. Rainbow: an arc or circle that exhibits in concentric bands the colors of the spectrum and that is formed opposite the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in raindrops, spray, or mist
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