First Alert Forecast: More Humid Air Arrives Wednesday
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A new weather report talks about the coming week. It says the air will feel a little more humid on Wednesday.
Humidity means there is more water in the air. It can make people feel hot and sticky.
The report says the humid air will stay for the second half of the week. This means more sticky days are coming.
The good news is that rain chances stay low. The forecast says there is not much rain in the next seven days.
A forecast is a guess about future weather. Weather experts use tools to make this guess.
People can still plan outdoor activities. But they may want to drink more water because of the humid air.
Vocabulary15 words
- humid
- having a lot of water in the air
- humidity
- the amount of water in the air
- forecast
- a guess about weather that will happen soon
- chance
- the possibility that something will happen
- sticky
- feeling wet and uncomfortable on the skin
- scale
- a way to measure how much or how little
- elevated
- higher than normal
- alert
- a warning to pay attention
- outdoor
- outside, not inside a building
- expert
- a person who knows a lot about something
- guess
- an idea about something you are not sure of
- plan
- to think about what to do before doing it
- activity
- something people do for fun or work
- level
- how much of something there is
- week
- a period of seven days
Quiz
Answer key
1. It will get more humid 2. For the second half of the week 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A new weather report talks about the coming week. It says the air will feel a little more _____ on Wednesday.
_____ means there is more water in the air. It can make people feel hot and sticky.
The report says the humid air will stay for the second half of the _____.
The good news is that rain _____ stay low.
The _____ says there is not much rain in the next seven days.
A forecast is a guess about future _____.
Weather experts use tools to make this _____.
People can still plan _____ activities.
But they may want to drink more _____ because of the humid air.
This means more _____ days are coming.