Weather and kinds of precipitation
Weather is what the air is like in one place at one time: hot or cold, windy or calm, rainy or dry. It depends on air temperature, wind, humidity, clouds and precipitation. Precipitation is water from the air that falls to the ground or forms on things at the surface: rain, snow and hail, and also dew and frost. In warm weather clouds give rain; in winter, in very cold clouds, water vapour turns into tiny ice crystals, which are snowflakes. Hail consists of small balls of ice and can damage trees and crops. Dew is drops of water that form from the vapour in the air on grass and leaves cooled during the night; if the temperature is below zero, white ice needles called frost form instead. Wind is moving air; a very strong wind is a storm. The sky may be clear, partly cloudy or overcast. Scientists who observe the weather are meteorologists; they use special symbols for sun, cloud, rain and wind.
Weather diary: for 5 days in a row record or draw the weather (sun, cloud, rain, wind, temperature). At the end find the warmest and the coldest day. Safety: do not stay outside during a thunderstorm.