![]() ![]() ![]() Our contribution to the international research communityĪs a scientific institute KNMI participates in the international research community and contributes, for example, to the process and reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Watch more video's about KNMI (English subtitled) Read more about KNMI: corporate brochure fulfilment of predictions In addition, we continuously extend and deepen this knowledge in co-operation with research institutes, universities and businesses. We strive to make our high-quality knowledge and information in the area of weather, climate, and seismology operationally available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our unique task is the gathering of information about the atmosphere and the subsurface and the translation of that information to risks to the community. With high-quality knowledge and technology plus an extensive observation network, KNMI offers products and services that contribute to the safety, accessibility, sustainability and prosperity of the Netherlands. KNMI advises on and warns society to reduce risks in the field of weather, climate and seismology and to limit damage and injuries. Among other things, this includes the consequences of extreme weather conditions, climate change, sea level rise, earthquakes, air quality, volcanic ash and solar storms. In the event of disasters, the chance of human loss and economic damage is high, which is why safety, as well as habitability and accessibility, have been high on the political and social agenda for many years. Now we can go over how to put this vocabulary and grammar into actual phrases for starting small talk conversations about the weather.The Netherlands is a densely-populated, highly-technical community in a delta area. Phrases for starting a conversation about weather There are further general differences between US and UK English, which you can learn with Lingoda Sprint. If you visit America, make sure to use the imperial system, because otherwise they might have trouble understanding you. Note the word “negative” here for US English. It is very cold out, negative 23 degrees. In the US here would be the difference: 70 degrees is a normal room temperature. For example, in the UK they would say, 20 degrees is a normal room temperature. ![]() The majority of countries in the world use the metric system. There are also differences in how to describe the temperature in different countries due to the the use of the imperial and metric measurement systems. It will be rainy tomorrow.It will be snowy tomorrow. It + will + be + weather adjective + future time Present perfect simple (we typically don’t use)įurthermore, there are also two different ways of describing weather in the future: It has snowed since yesterday.The sun has shined for the whole week. Present perfect continuous (started in the past and is ongoing) It has been snowing since yesterday.The sun has been shining for the whole week. It + weather verb (has +been + -ing) + ongoing time period. ![]() It was cold yesterday.It rained last week. When talking about weather in the past, the grammar follows the same basic grammar rules for past tenses, with the exception that we typically don’t use present perfect simple to describe the weather. General weather adjectives in present tense for a certain time of dayĭescribes how the weather is at that exact moment in present continuous It’s a rainy afternoon.It’s a nice day today. General weather adjective in present tense There are three different weather-related grammar categories for talking about the weather in the present tense: Grammar Formulation Now we can go over the basics of weather grammar. Snowy, blizzard, hail, sleet, snowflake, frosty, chilly, cold, icy Sunny, warm, bright, clear, boiling, tropical, humid, hot Here is an overview of popular weather vocabulary: rain ![]()
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