Scattered Storms Expected Across New Mexico
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New Mexico will have very hot weather today. Temperatures may be close to record highs. A record is the highest number ever measured.
Later today, there is a chance of monsoon storms. A monsoon is a season with strong rain in some places. These storms can bring rain and wind.
Friday will be hotter and drier than today. There will be less chance of rain on Friday.
This weekend, the weather will become more active again. Active weather means more storms and rain.
People in New Mexico should watch the weather this week. It will change a lot, from very hot and dry to stormy.
Vocabulary15 words
- record
- the highest or lowest number ever
- monsoon
- a season with strong rain in some places
- active
- having a lot of storms or rain
- scattered
- happening in some places, not everywhere
- temperature
- how hot or cold something is
- storm
- bad weather with strong wind and rain
- chance
- the possibility that something will happen
- weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- weather
- the condition of the sky, like sun or rain
- drier
- having less rain or water
- hotter
- having more heat
- develop
- to grow or start happening
- challenge
- to try to be higher or bigger than something
- again
- one more time
- return
- to come back
Quiz
Answer key
1. Very hot temperatures near record highs 2. Hotter and drier 3. The weather becomes more active again
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
New Mexico will have very hot weather _____. Temperatures may be close to record _____.
Later today, there is a _____ of monsoon storms. These storms can bring rain and _____.
Friday will be _____ and drier than today. There will be less chance of _____ on Friday.
This _____, the weather will become more active again.
People in New Mexico should watch the _____ this week.