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Weather
Weather vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| downpour | heavy rain |
| drizzle | light rain |
| fog | a thick layer of cloud on the ground that severely limits visibility |
| mist | a less dense cloud that doesn’t restrict visibility as much |
| black ice | a layer of ice on roads or paths that is difficult to see |
| sleet | a mixture of rain and snow |
| hail, hailstorm, | hailstone |
| blizzard | a snowstorm lasting several hours and causing large amounts of snowfall accompanied by strong winds making visibility difficult |