Upper-Intermediate - Weather Forecast (D0230)

A: Y ahora vamos a dar paso al tiempo. Buenasnoches Beatriz, ¿que prediccion nos puedes darpara manana?And now we’re going to go to weather. Good evening, Beatriz.

What prediction can you give us for tomorrow?

B: Buenas noches Mauricio.Good evening, Mauricio.

B: En Galicia, habra intervalos nubosos aumen-tando a muy nubosos con lluvias debiles quepodrıan extenderse a Asturias y Leon.In Galicia, there will be periods of cloudiness growing to heavy

clouds, with weak rain which could spread to Asturias and

Leon.

B: En el Cantabrico oriental, alto Ebro y Pirineos,intervalos nubosos con chubascos y tormentasmoderadas que podrıan afectar a otros puntos delnoreste peninsular.In eastern Cantabrico, high Ebreo and Pyrenees, cloudy peri-

ods with heavy rains and moderate storms which could affect

other points northeast on the peninsula.

B: En el litoral andaluz, intervalos nubosos aprimeras horas del dıa.

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On the Andalucian coast, cloudy periods early in the day.

B: En el resto de la Penınsula y Baleares, se esperaun dıa soleado, aunque con nubosidad de evolu-cionar por la tarde en el interior de la mitad orien-tal peninsular, donde es posible alguna tormentadebil y aislada.In the rest of the Peninsula and Balearic Islands, we expect a

sunny day, even with cloudiness developing in the afternoon in

the interior from east central peninsula, where weak, isolated

thunderstorms are possible.

B: En Canarias, nuboso en el norte de las islas ypoco nuboso en el sur.In the Canaries, cloudy in the northern islands, and barely

cloudy in the south.

B: Bancos de niebla matinales en Galicia yCantabrico.Morning fog banks in Galicia and Cantabrico.

B: Las temperaturas diurnas iran en ligero o moder-ado descenso en la mitad occidental peninsular,y sin apenas cambios en el resto del paıs.Daytime temperatures will drop lightly to moderately in west

central peninsula, with few changes in the rest of the country.

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B: Aunque habra temperaturas significativamente al-tas en Mallorca, mitad oriental y areas del centroy sur de la penınsula, donde se alcanzaran los 39grados centıgrados de maxima.Even through there will be significantly high temperatures

in Mallorca, east central and areas central and south of the

peninsula, where they’ll reach a high of 39 degrees centigrade.

Key Vocabulary

el tiempo Noun (m) weather

la prediccion Noun (f) forecast

haber Verb to have

nuboso Adjective cloudy

el chubasco Noun (m) heavy rainfall

soleado Adjective sunny

la lluvia Noun (f) rain

la tormenta Noun (f) storm

matinal Adjective morning

el descenso Noun (m) fall

alcanzar Verb to reach

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Supplementary Vocabulary

llover Verb to rain

el granizo Noun (m) hail

el meteorologo Noun (m) meteorologist

exacto Adjective precise

mejorar Verb to improve

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