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WEATHER MAPS IN
ENGLISH
Our objective is to explain in English the information
contained on a
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First of all you have to
set the location of the place you
are
going to talk about. Look at the underlined words:
 It's
raining in the North of Spain.- In
the South it is
sunny.
- It is drier in the East
than in the West.
- It is warm in the
Southeast.
- It is cold near to Teruel.
- It is cloudy in London
area.
- It is warm between
Huelva and Almería.
- It is windy in the Nothern
part of Catalonia.
- It is colder inland
than on the coast.
- If you are talking about the United
Kingdom remember its
different parts:
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Pay
attention to the meaning of the adjectives on the right map:
Nothern, Southern, Eastern and Western.
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Then, you have to look at
the
main
symbols in a weather map, those related to the state of the sky and
precipitations:
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It's cloudy.
It's raining.
It's overcast.
No sunshine.
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Local showers in
the
Northwest.
With rain at times.
Heavy rain |
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It's sunny.
There is sunshine.
Clearsky. |
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Cloudy with some
sunshine.
Mostly cloudy.
Some sunny intervals.
A bit cloudy.
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 Some
maps
include the temperature in
degrees Celsius and you can translate the numbers into adjectives
like freezing, cold, cool, temperate, mild, warm and hot. Example: "The
map on the right shows mild weather
in the UK but it is colder near to London."
Many maps contain
information
about
the wind:
- Speed of the wind: calm<
breeze< moderate
wind< strong wind< gale. Example: "The
winds are moderate except in Nothern Scotland where the winds are
stronger."
- The
direction of the wind
is usually drawn with arrows. Example: "The map on the right shows Westerly
winds in
Scotland, Northern winds in England and Southwesterly winds in Nothern
Ireland
and Wales."
Look at the different
ways to
say the direction of the wind; the best way is written in bold letters.
- Wind from the
South= Southern wind= South
wind.
- Wind from the
North= Northern wind= North
wind.
- Wind from the
East= Easterly wind= Eastern
wind= East wind.
- Wind from the
West= Westerly wind= Western
wind= West wind.
- Wind from the
Southeast= Southeasterly wind.
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Presentation: weather maps.
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