downpour [5daunpC：r]倾盆大雨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]蒙蒙细雨；下毛毛雨、下小雨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]旱灾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]干的
Dry weather was predicted for the entire western half of the countrythrough the weekend（.AP）dull [dQl]阴暗的
The sky was overcast and dull，the thermometer hovering just abovesingle digits on the Celsius scale（.Globe and Mail）
Fahrenheit [5fAr[nhait]华氏温度计的；华氏温度计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]雪花、雪片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]洪水、水灾
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]阵风、小雪、小雨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]雾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]恶劣的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]极冷的
Freezing rain and sleet fell Wednesday and up to 2inches of snow waspredicted by Thursday morning（.AP）
frost [frCst]霜、霜冻、严寒
An unusual frost in the Andes and drought along the low-lying Pacific coast have caused losses of around US50million （euro42million）toEcuador‘s flower and cattle industries，the Agriculture Ministry saidMonday（.AP）
gale [geil]强风、大风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]阵风、一阵狂风gusty [5gQstI]有阵风的；起大风的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]冰雹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]烟雾、薄雾、阴霾
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]潮湿的
The rest of the South is enjoying some sunshine and low humidity levels.（FOX NEWS）
hurricane [5hQrIk[n]飓风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]温和的、不冷不热的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]薄雾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[]潮湿，湿气
Gulf moisture flowing into this developing storm will produce showersover the southern Plains and Texas later today（.The Weather Channel）
monsoon [mCn5sU：n]季风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]多云的、阴暗的
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]臭氧层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）