Cold Front Brings Changes to South Florida This Weekend
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A cold front is coming to South Florida this weekend.
A cold front is cool air that moves into a place. It can change the weather fast.
The weather will change on Saturday. This is October 16.
After the cold front, humidity will come back. Humidity is wet air. It makes you feel hot and sticky.
Showers will also return. Showers are short periods of rain.
This information comes from a weather forecast. A forecast tells us what weather will happen soon.
People in South Florida should watch the weather this weekend. The weather can change quickly near the coast.
This report is part of a special weather update. It is called 'First Alert Beach and Boating Weather.' It helps people who go to the beach or go boating.
Boating means going on a boat on water. People need to know about weather before they go boating.
The weekend weather may be different from the week before. People should check updates for more details.
Vocabulary15 words
- cold front
- cool air that moves in and changes the weather
- humidity
- wet air that makes you feel hot and sticky
- showers
- short periods of rain
- weather forecast
- information about what weather will happen soon
- boating
- going on a boat on water
- coast
- land next to the sea
- forecast
- a guess about future weather based on information
- weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- return
- come back
- report
- information given to people about something
- update
- new information about something
- rain
- water that falls from clouds
- air
- the gas around us that we breathe
- beach
- sandy land next to the ocean
- watch
- to look at something carefully
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1. A cold front 2. Humidity and showers 3. October 16
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A _____ _____ is coming to South Florida this weekend.
A cold front is cool air that moves into a place. It can change the _____ fast.
The weather will change on Saturday. This is October _____.
After the cold front, _____ will come back. Humidity is wet air.
_____ will also return. Showers are short periods of rain.
This information comes from a weather _____.
People in South Florida should watch the weather this _____.
This report is part of a special weather update called 'First Alert Beach and _____ Weather.'
_____ means going on a boat on water.
People should check _____ for more details.
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