Columbus Weather: Dry Thursday, Rain on the Way for Friday
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Columbus will have a dry day on Thursday. This means no rain will fall.
Halloween night will be cool. The weather report calls it a fang-tastic night, a fun word for Halloween.
Friday will bring showers. Showers are short periods of rain.
There will be clouds and some spotty sprinkles. This means light rain in some places, not everywhere.
People also need to turn their clocks back tonight. This happens every year in autumn.
Turning clocks back gives people one extra hour. This is part of daylight saving time.
The weather in Columbus is changing this week. It starts dry and ends with rain.
Residents should plan for a cool and cloudy weekend.
Vocabulary15 words
- dry
- no rain
- fang-tastic
- a fun word used for Halloween, like 'fantastic'
- showers
- short periods of rain
- clouds
- white or grey shapes in the sky made of water
- spotty sprinkles
- light rain in only some places
- clocks
- machines that show the time
- daylight saving time
- changing the clock in spring and autumn
- forecast
- a report about future weather
- cool
- a little cold
- weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- autumn
- the season after summer
- report
- information given to people
- rain
- water falling from the sky
- weather
- the condition of the sky, like sun or rain
- residents
- people who live in a place
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Answer key
1. Dry 2. Showers 3. Turn them back
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Columbus will have a _____ day on Thursday.
Halloween night will be _____.
Friday will bring _____.
There will be _____ and some spotty sprinkles.
People also need to turn their _____ back tonight.
Turning clocks back gives people one extra _____.
The weather in Columbus is _____ this week.
Residents should plan for a cool and cloudy _____.
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