A weather forecast

A weather forecast

Listen to a weather forecast and answer the questions to practise and improve your listening skills.

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Hello and good morning! Well, we're off to a good start in the south this week, as most of the rain from the weekend has disappeared – just a few patches of cloud and maybe some showers here on the east coast. They'll all clear up by lunchtime, though. Over the next day or so, London and the area around Kent can expect a couple of isolated showers, but mostly dry through until Thursday.

It's not such good news for the north-west this week, I'm afraid: more wet weather, and not a lot of sunshine. Some of today's showers will be heavy – and even thundery in Manchester and across the Pennines. Leeds will escape the thunderstorms, with drizzle and light rain only throughout the rest of the day and tonight.

Elsewhere it becomes dry today, but with some foggy patches towards Wales. In England, tomorrow morning will see a dry, bright start in most places, with high temperatures throughout the week. We might see one or two thunderstorms appearing as the week goes on, with temperatures everywhere at 29 to 30 degrees. 

By the weekend, unfortunately, the dry weather will make way for mostly cloudy skies and rain. The rain will move from Scotland, down towards the north and reach the south coast by Saturday afternoon. Temperatures, at least, will stay mostly warm at around 21 degrees for the weekend. It might feel like a nice change from the high twenties and early thirties we'll see in the week. That's all from me until tomorrow. Enjoy the mini-heatwave while you can!

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Submitted by Rafaela1 on Thu, 02/07/2020 - 14:09

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Once in a while, I enjoy gloomy weather in which I become somewhere theoretical. ;) But overall, I like clear and sunny weather! Definitely!

Submitted by wahbi baklouti on Wed, 01/07/2020 - 21:05

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about me, I like sunny weather with sunshine because whole the day is bright. and most season I hate is autumn.

Submitted by Mohamed Fawzy on Tue, 30/06/2020 - 17:24

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I know you you guys want to make it real for us, but the teapot is making way too much noise for me.

Submitted by Federico Benitez on Thu, 25/06/2020 - 22:05

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Fall is my favorite season

Submitted by Lizochka on Mon, 15/06/2020 - 10:18

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I like warm, bright weather without any rain at all!!!! I like clear, dry weather

Submitted by Sharif Tayyebi on Sun, 14/06/2020 - 18:53

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I love bright rainy weather, which is not very warm or very cold. I want to just walk and walk. Lungs can breathe the clean and wet air that you might say "fresh air". If I am walking down the street and some rains hit on my face, I will feel excited. On the other hand, if there is no rainy weather, I will prefer to walk on the yard before sunrise. It is fresh and very nice, especially in the spring or summer season of Kabul. I always wish you clean and nice weather. Regards, Tayyebi

Submitted by IBRAHIM HAMID on Sun, 14/06/2020 - 08:56

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I like a winter season, because I feel that I'm in higher activity to achieve my goals and duties. In Sudan the summer season interfered with the autumn which takes most of the year months, the summer is very hot and the autumn very bad in Khartoum state and variation in beauty in other Sudan's state.

Submitted by Miho Watanabe on Sun, 07/06/2020 - 17:10

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I like sunny and breeze the best. Because I usually walk with a dog, but I can't do that in a rainy day. My dog and I are bored in a rainy day, so I like sunny. But I hate a sunny day of summer in Japan, because it's very hot and humid in Japan. So I like sunny day that is comfortable temperature and not humid the best.

Submitted by senes19 on Sat, 06/06/2020 - 18:40

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My favorite weather is of course warm ones. But i don't mean very high temperatures. I like the weather which some sunny, some rain but generally warm. You can stay outside as you wish, but you won't sweat or feel cold.