Ten words for what is happening outside the window – beyond “nice” and “horrible”. Half of them are what English people actually say every morning.
Monday came in with a drizzle so fine you could not see it, only feel it on your face. By Tuesday the sky had gone overcast and stayed that way, a flat grey ceiling over everything. Wednesday was worse: a proper downpour that filled the gutters in ten minutes, then a breeze that dried the pavements before lunch. On Thursday there was frost on the cars at seven and a rainbow at four, which felt like showing off. Friday the fog sat in the valley until noon. Saturday was mild, almost warm, and so humid that the windows ran with water; the forecast had promised none of it. And on Sunday, out of nowhere, a hailstorm – and then sunshine, as if none of it had happened.
very light rain in small drops
covered with cloud from edge to edge
a sudden heavy fall of rain
a light, pleasant wind
a thin white layer of ice that forms on cold surfaces at night
thick cloud close to the ground that makes it hard to see far
a storm in which small balls of ice fall instead of rain
warmer than you would expect for the season, and not unpleasant
with a lot of water in the air, so that it feels heavy and sticky
a statement of what the weather is expected to be
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