Fall Cold Front to Bring Wind and Freeze Risk to Texas
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A cold front will move through Houston on Friday. This is a fall weather change. It will bring cooler air to the area.
There will be a wind advisory on Friday. This means strong winds are possible. Strong winds can cause problems.
Some power outages may happen. This means electricity can stop working in some places. The outages will not be everywhere.
This will be the first freeze of the season for some parts of Texas. A freeze means the temperature goes below zero Celsius.
Some Texas regions will have very cold lows this weekend. A low is the coldest temperature in a day.
People should get ready for cold weather. They should wear warm clothes and watch the weather news.
Vocabulary15 words
- cold front
- a line where cold air moves into an area
- wind advisory
- a warning that winds will be strong
- power outages
- when electricity stops working
- freeze
- when temperature goes below zero
- lows
- the coldest temperatures of the day
- fall
- the season between summer and winter
- weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- season
- one of four parts of the year
- temperature
- how hot or cold something is
- regions
- areas or parts of a place
- electricity
- power that runs lights and machines
- strong
- having a lot of power
- weather
- how it is outside, like sun or rain
- cool
- a little cold
- warm
- a little hot
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A _____ will move through Houston on Friday. This is a fall weather change. It will bring cooler air to the area.
There will be a wind _____ on Friday. This means strong winds are possible. Strong winds can cause problems.
Some power _____ may happen. This means electricity can stop working in some places. The outages will not be everywhere.
This will be the first _____ of the season for some parts of Texas. A freeze means the temperature goes below zero Celsius.
Some Texas _____ will have very cold lows this weekend. A low is the coldest temperature in a day.
People should get ready for cold _____. They should wear warm clothes and watch the weather news.
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