Short Rain Before Sunshine Returns in Southern Italy
Autumn is not here yet in southern Italy. There will be a short spell of bad weather first. Then the sun will come back.
The city of Bari will get rain and wind. This will last for the next 24 hours. It is a new wave of bad weather.
People call this kind of weather a perturbation. It brings clouds, rain, and strong wind.
After this, the bad weather will stop. There will be a few last rains. Then nice weather will return.
From Tuesday, a high-pressure system called an anticyclone will come back. This brings calm and dry weather.
The climate will also become mild again. This means warm but not hot weather.
So the real autumn weather must wait a little longer. For now, people in the area will see sunshine again soon.
Vocabulary6 words
- spell
- a short period of time
- perturbation
- a change that brings bad weather
- wind
- moving air
- anticyclone
- weather system that brings calm, dry days
- climate
- the usual weather in a place
- mild
- not too hot or too cold
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Answer key
1. Rain and wind 2. From Tuesday 3. False
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Autumn is not here yet in southern Italy. There will be a short _____ of bad weather first. Then the _____ will come back.
The city of _____ will get rain and wind. This will last for the next _____ hours.
After this, the bad weather will stop. There will be a few last _____. Then nice weather will return.
From _____, a high-pressure system called an _____ will come back.
The climate will also become _____ again.
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