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Essential Weather Vocabulary
- Ordinary: ordinary
- Deadly: mortal
- Back and forth: back and forth
- Witness: witness
- Strike: strike
- Gather: gather
- Background: background
- Path: path
- Rather than: rather than
- Weather: weather
- Forecaster: forecaster
- Skilled: skilled
- Slip: slip
- Chasing: chasing
- Avoid: avoid
- Degrees: degrees
- Slippery: slippery
- Forecast: forecast
- Flood: flood
- Lightning: lightning
- Soaking wet: soaking wet
- Rainfall: rainfall
- Sweat: sweat
- Blizzard: blizzard
- Melting: melting
- Overcast: overcast
- Drought: drought
- Heatwave: heatwave
- Chilly: chilly
- Humidity: humidity
- Shivered: shivered
- Bitter: bitter
- Scorching: scorching
- Heavy: heavy
- Severe: severe
- Thick: thick
- Mild: mild
Modal Verbs
Can
- Ability: Most tornado chasers can avoid dangerous situations.
- Request: Can I join your group?
- Possibility: I can lend you my car.
Be able to
- Ability/Possibility: I think they will be able to see a twister.
Can't
- Inability: I can't drive.
- Prohibition: You can't take your children with you.
- Disbelief: That can't be Paul; he is in China!
Could
- Past ability: She could run very fast when she was a child.
- Polite request: Could you tell me more about the tour, please?
- Possibility: The weather forecast could be wrong.
- Polite suggestion: You could come with us next time.
May/Might
- Possibility: The tourist might be disappointed after the trip.
- May (polite request): May I borrow your travel guide, please?
Should/Ought to
- Advice/Opinion: She should be more concerned about the dangers of the trip.
Need to
- Obligation/Necessity: I need to know what the weather will be like tomorrow.
Have to
- Obligation/Necessity: You will have to spend a lot of time in the car.
Must
- Obligation/Strong necessity: All students must evacuate the school in case of fire.
- Certainty that something is true: He hasn't seen a single tornado; he must be disappointed.
Mustn't
- Prohibition: You mustn't get too close to a tornado.
Needn't
- Lack of obligation/Necessity: You needn't bring me a present.
Don't have to
- Lack of obligation/Necessity: You don't have to worry about anything.
Would
- Formal request: Would you open the window, please?
- Offer: Would you like some more water?
Connectors
- Because, since: *ja que*
- As: *com que*
- Because of: *a causa de*
- Due to: *a causa de*
- As a result of
- So: *per tant*
- As a result: *com a resultat*
- Therefore: *per tant*
- Consequently
- For this reason
