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Title: Weather the storm.
Post by: Devlyn on May 09, 2013, 08:01:52 PM
Post by: Devlyn on May 09, 2013, 08:01:52 PM
We have a ton of terms and expressions to describe the weather. Today in Boston it rained. Hard. A torrential downpour. A cloudburst. Weather words, people! Go!
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Jamie D on May 09, 2013, 09:37:46 PM
Post by: Jamie D on May 09, 2013, 09:37:46 PM
Monsoon
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Devlyn on May 09, 2013, 09:40:27 PM
Post by: Devlyn on May 09, 2013, 09:40:27 PM
Typhoon.
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: DriftingCrow on May 09, 2013, 09:58:06 PM
Post by: DriftingCrow on May 09, 2013, 09:58:06 PM
Willy-willy
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Beth Andrea on May 09, 2013, 10:11:47 PM
Post by: Beth Andrea on May 09, 2013, 10:11:47 PM
Hot enough to fry an egg...
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Beth Andrea on May 09, 2013, 10:12:11 PM
Post by: Beth Andrea on May 09, 2013, 10:12:11 PM
It's a bit nipply out there...
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Anna++ on May 09, 2013, 10:14:46 PM
Post by: Anna++ on May 09, 2013, 10:14:46 PM
Quote from: Devlyn Marie on May 09, 2013, 09:40:27 PM
Typhoon.
Typhlosion!
No wait, that's a pokemon...
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Devlyn on May 09, 2013, 10:15:33 PM
Post by: Devlyn on May 09, 2013, 10:15:33 PM
Gully-washer
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: justpat on May 09, 2013, 10:34:32 PM
Post by: justpat on May 09, 2013, 10:34:32 PM
In Florida it's a Frog Strangler
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Beth Andrea on May 09, 2013, 10:36:45 PM
Post by: Beth Andrea on May 09, 2013, 10:36:45 PM
...colder than a witch's tit...
(no offense to the witches amongst us)
(no offense to the witches amongst us)
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Devlyn on May 09, 2013, 10:37:19 PM
Post by: Devlyn on May 09, 2013, 10:37:19 PM
Raining cats and dogs.
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Ms. OBrien CVT on May 09, 2013, 10:37:40 PM
Post by: Ms. OBrien CVT on May 09, 2013, 10:37:40 PM
Nor'easter for those on the East Coast.
Heavy rain in Oregon is called showers.
Heavy rain in Oregon is called showers.
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Ms. OBrien CVT on May 09, 2013, 10:38:25 PM
Post by: Ms. OBrien CVT on May 09, 2013, 10:38:25 PM
Quote from: Beth Andrea on May 09, 2013, 10:36:45 PM
...colder than a witch's tit...
(no offense to the witches amongst us)
the second half of that is in a brass bra.
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Devlyn on May 09, 2013, 10:43:45 PM
Post by: Devlyn on May 09, 2013, 10:43:45 PM
Tighter than a bulls ass in a blizzard.
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Beth Andrea on May 09, 2013, 10:46:18 PM
Post by: Beth Andrea on May 09, 2013, 10:46:18 PM
Quote from: Ms. OBrien CVT on May 09, 2013, 10:38:25 PM
the second half of that is in a brass bra.
Never heard of that part of it...my mind always wanders when I think of a witch's tit... ;)
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Jamie D on May 10, 2013, 02:49:02 AM
Post by: Jamie D on May 10, 2013, 02:49:02 AM
Microburst
(no ejaculation jokes, please)
(no ejaculation jokes, please)
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Cindy on May 10, 2013, 02:57:30 AM
Post by: Cindy on May 10, 2013, 02:57:30 AM
Hot enough to fry a wallaby
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: cisdad on May 10, 2013, 02:26:37 PM
Post by: cisdad on May 10, 2013, 02:26:37 PM
foehn, chinook, katabatic winds.
dog days (of summer).
colder than the balls on a brass monkey.
whiteout / blizzard / ...
horizontal rain
snain (snow/rain blend)
thunder-bumpers
squall line
tornado weather
fry an egg on the sidewalk
'good sleeping weather' (seldom observed in my current locale!)
typhoon/cyclone/willy-willy/tornado/dust devils/water spouts/ ... (cyclone meaning tornado in some areas, but not others)
dog days (of summer).
colder than the balls on a brass monkey.
whiteout / blizzard / ...
horizontal rain
snain (snow/rain blend)
thunder-bumpers
squall line
tornado weather
fry an egg on the sidewalk
'good sleeping weather' (seldom observed in my current locale!)
typhoon/cyclone/willy-willy/tornado/dust devils/water spouts/ ... (cyclone meaning tornado in some areas, but not others)
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: spacial on May 10, 2013, 02:47:23 PM
Post by: spacial on May 10, 2013, 02:47:23 PM
Parky,
Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, (Sometimes shortened to Brass Monkeys).
Shower.
Drizzle.
Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, (Sometimes shortened to Brass Monkeys).
Shower.
Drizzle.
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Joelene9 on May 12, 2013, 09:45:57 PM
Post by: Joelene9 on May 12, 2013, 09:45:57 PM
It got so cold, the dog got stuck to the fire plug.
Joelene
Joelene
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Devlyn on May 12, 2013, 10:03:50 PM
Post by: Devlyn on May 12, 2013, 10:03:50 PM
It's not the heat.........
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Ms. OBrien CVT on May 12, 2013, 10:19:43 PM
Post by: Ms. OBrien CVT on May 12, 2013, 10:19:43 PM
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fkbwoodspublicrelations.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F07%2FArizona_Its_a_Dry_Heat.jpg&hash=b511f8c47046cc8169d97c712ac1a589682f93b3)
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Anatta on May 14, 2013, 12:19:41 AM
Post by: Anatta on May 14, 2013, 12:19:41 AM
Kia Ora,
"Whether the weather is cold-Whether the weather is hot-We'll weather the weather whatever the weather whether we like it or not !"
Weather just is...Well weather...
Metta Zenda :)
"Whether the weather is cold-Whether the weather is hot-We'll weather the weather whatever the weather whether we like it or not !"
Weather just is...Well weather...
Metta Zenda :)
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: V M on May 14, 2013, 12:37:30 AM
Post by: V M on May 14, 2013, 12:37:30 AM
It's so hot I'm sweating bullets
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Jamie D on May 21, 2013, 04:28:02 AM
Post by: Jamie D on May 21, 2013, 04:28:02 AM
"The June Gloom" - persistent coastal fog as the deserts warm up in southern California, pulling in the marine layer.
Title: Re: Weather the storm.
Post by: Anatta on May 21, 2013, 07:02:24 PM
Post by: Anatta on May 21, 2013, 07:02:24 PM
Kia Ora,
::) Weather the storm...Boy did I weather 'a' storm last night....
Last night I was walking home from the bus stop, It was dark, raining cats and dogs, bucketing down along with strong winds, flashes of lightening and loud thunder claps, (you know the kind that shakes the ground) flash floods-you name it, it was happening ...I had an umbrella [fat lot of good this did], as I waded through the water in my track shoes I got soaked to the bone....But...I have to say I enjoyed every minute of it...
But in saying this, my heart goes out to those poor folk in Oklahoma...
Metta Zenda :)
::) Weather the storm...Boy did I weather 'a' storm last night....
Last night I was walking home from the bus stop, It was dark, raining cats and dogs, bucketing down along with strong winds, flashes of lightening and loud thunder claps, (you know the kind that shakes the ground) flash floods-you name it, it was happening ...I had an umbrella [fat lot of good this did], as I waded through the water in my track shoes I got soaked to the bone....But...I have to say I enjoyed every minute of it...
But in saying this, my heart goes out to those poor folk in Oklahoma...
Metta Zenda :)