Weather

It was very cloudy this morning, but the sun came out after lunch.

It rained in the morning, but the sky was clear by lunchtime.

A period of hot weather sometimes ends with a thunderstorm. First it becomes very humid, then you hear thunder and see lightning, and it’s followed by heavy rain.

In Northern Europe, daytime temperatures are often quite mild, even in late autumn. The days are often misty, foggy and damp. Soon, winter arrives, with frost, icy roads and severe weather, including heavy snow. As people expert the weather to be bad, they try and keep warm so they don’t freeze! Freezing weather may continue in the far north until May or even June, when the ground starts to thaw and then ice melts again.

In a tropical climate, the weather is often stifling, muggy and humid. In other hot climates, there may be boiling hot days, and heatwaves may be common.

In Chengdu there is usually torrential rain most days, and the roads sometimes get flooded.

There was a gale that day, so we didn’t go sailing. People stayed indoors because there was a hurricane on the way.

I think it would be interesting to live in a tropical climate. However, I don’t like humid weather. I even dislike the muggy days which we get in the UK. Some people love boiling hot days, and I don’t mind heatwaves occasionally, but when it’s stifling, it’s just impossible. Maybe I should stay at home and forget about moving to a hot climate.