downpour [5daunpC???r]????????????Tropical Storm Gamma weakened into a tropical depression Sunday and drifted off Honduras after torrential downpours lashed the Central Americancoast???killing 14people -including a young family of four???.CNN???
drizzle [5drIzl]???????????????????????????????????????Today could be a black Monday for the South East???particularly London and Kent???as patchy rain or drizzle washes some of the smoke particlesdrifting in the atmosphere on to the ground???.The Times???
drought [draut]??????New Zealand???which relies on agriculture for half its exports???faces a third drought in seven years in the country???s biggest wine and sheepfarming areas???.Bloomberg???
dry [drai]??????
Dry weather was predicted for the entire western half of the countrythrough the weekend???.AP???dull [dQl]?????????
The sky was overcast and dull???the thermometer hovering just abovesingle digits on the Celsius scale???.Globe and Mail???
Fahrenheit [5fAr[nhait]????????????????????????????????????However???private forecaster AccuWeather said it expected the East Coast to have winter temperatures averaging about 2degrees Fahrenheit colderthan normal despite a mild start to the heating season???.Reuters???
flake [fleik]???????????????A storm spread a blanket of snow up to a foot thick across much of the Northeast on Friday???snarling commutes???closing schools and piling up theflakes so fast that shovel crews could barely keep up???.CNN???
flood [flQd]???????????????
Many parts of Yorkshire were flooded in November 2000The construction of flood defences in Ripon???at a cost of more than 11m???hasbeen approved???.BBC???
flurry [5flQrI]????????????????????????Light snow and flurries continue to fly across the Midwest as a clipper system quickly moves through the area and into the Northeast by Sunday.???The Weather Channel???
fog [fCg]???Fog is in the forecast overnight and into Sunday morning for the Central Valley of California and parts of the Pacific Northwest.Use care driving inthe overnight to early morning hours???.The Weather Channel???
foul [faul]?????????Indeed???the situation???the conditions out here outside Midway Airport were dramatically different last night when this accident occurred.It was snowing heavily and had been for hours.We talked about the foul weatherall morning yesterday on AMERICAN MORNING???.CNN???
freezing [5FrI???zIN]?????????
Freezing rain and sleet fell Wednesday and up to 2inches of snow waspredicted by Thursday morning???.AP???
frost [frCst]?????????????????????
An unusual frost in the Andes and drought along the low-lying Pacific coast have caused losses of around US$50million ???euro42million???toEcuador???s flower and cattle industries???the Agriculture Ministry saidMonday???.AP???
gale [geil]???????????????After a week of frosty mornings???weather experts yesterday warned of worse to come.Cold winds of up to gale force will blow in from the north???bringing snow showers to some coastal areas???.Mirror???
gust [gQst]?????????????????????gusty [5gQstI]???????????????????????????Along with the colder weather???most locations in the East could expectgusty wind throughout the day???.AP???
As much as two inches of snow an hour fell in some areas of Illinois andIndiana???and wind gusted to 40mph???weather officials said???.CNN???
hail [heil]??????The National Weather Service warned that conditions in other areas also were right for strong twisters???large hail???damaging winds and flashflooding???.CNN???
haze [heiz]????????????????????????
For weeks before the visit the weather had been so bad that the city hadbeen covered with a huge haze???.Tthe Daily Telegraph???
humid [5hju???mId]?????????
The rest of the South is enjoying some sunshine and low humidity levels.???FOX NEWS???
hurricane [5hQrIk[n]??????The nation???s weather agency predicted two or three hurricanes could hit the United States this year???based on an Atlantic season forecast releasedMonday???.CNN???
mild [maild]???????????????????????????Indiana state climatologist Dev Niyogi said the erratic weather will likely continue???in part because of the impact of La Nina???the mild cooling of the tropical Pacific Ocean that often coincides with stronger and more frequenthurricanes???a wetter Pacific Northwest and a drier South???.CNN???
mist [mIst]??????Warwick???having survived an early morning inspection???was overcast and dank yesterday.Mist lingered in the hedges beyond the back straight blending land with sky and blotting out the housing estates that nowencroach upon this once-rural track???.Tthe Daily Telegraph???
moisture [5mCistF[]???????????????
Gulf moisture flowing into this developing storm will produce showersover the southern Plains and Texas later today???.The Weather Channel???
monsoon [mCn5sU???n]??????Water levels were rising after three days of continuous monsoon rain that has burst dykes and forced people in low-lying areas to flee homes and farms in three provinces south of the capital Manila???the Office of CivilDefence???OCD???said???.Reuters???
overcast [5[Uv[kB???st]?????????????????????
The National Weather Service expects cloudy overcast conditions that could grow into thunderstorms by Tuesday???but there???s only a slight chanceof rain Monday for some regions???.NBC???
ozone layer [5[Uz[Un]?????????Researchers participating in The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica measured levels of carbon dioxide as well as methane and nitrous oxide -two other gases known to affect the atmosphere???s protective ozonelayer???.NBC???