Weather & Climate Terms
Hail is a form of solid precipitation. It is distinct from ice pellets (American English "sleet"), though the two are often confused. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is called a hailstone. Ice pellets generally fall in cold weather, while hail growth is greatly inhibited during low surface temperatures.
hail storm (mưa đá)
inclement: (formal) (of the weather) not pleasant; cold, wet, etc.
An aurora (pl. aurorae or auroras), also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic).
dew: giọt sương buổi sáng đọng trên lá cây; the very small drops of water that form on the ground, etc. during the night
mist: a cloud of very small drops of water in the air just above the ground, that make it difficult to see fog: a thick cloud of very small drops of water in the air close to the land or sea that is very difficult to see through
wintry: typical of winter; cold
It was one of those less lowering, but still grey and gloomy enough mornings of the transition, when with a fair wind the ship was rushing through the water with a vindictive sort of leaping and melancholy rapidity, that as I mounted to the deck at the call of the forenoon watch, so soon as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me.
overcast: u ám; covered with clouds; not bright
Climate types
sultry: (of the weather or air) very hot, humid and uncomfortable
In geography, the temperate climates (ôn đới) of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of the Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. These zones generally have wider temperature ranges throughout the year and more distinct seasonal changes compared to tropical climates, where such variations are often small; they usually differ only in the amount of precipitation.
Weather Phenomenons
A squall (cơn tố) is a sudden, sharp increase in wind speed lasting minutes, as opposed to a wind gust, which lasts for only seconds. They are usually associated with active weather, such as rain showers, thunderstorms, or heavy snow.
gale: cơn lốc; an extremely strong wind
drizzle: rain lightly
A thunderstorm (cơn dông or giông), also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning[1] and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder.
States of the sky
bleak: ảm đạm
Time
bình minh, rạng đông: dawn, sunrise.
daybreak: the time of day when light first appears. Dawnbreaker break dawn nên cả ngày sẽ tối thui.
Why is it that night falls but day breaks?
hoàng hôn, mờ tối: dusk, twilight, nightfall, sunset, wee hours.
dusk: the time of day when the light has almost gone, but it is not yet dark
from dusk till dawn
twilit (adj): lit by twilight
Victorian twilit streets
evening, eve, eventide
noon, midday