Talking about the weather in English

Weather expression

• How's the weather?
• What's the weather like?

• It's rainy.
• It's raining.
• It started to rain.
• It's pouring with rain.
• It looks like rain.
• The rain pours down.

• It's snowy.
• It's snowing.
• It started to snow.
• The snow began to fall.

Adjectives used with rain and snow

• light
• heavy
• driving

• It is stormy.
• The storm broke [=started suddenly].
• A storm is brewing [=seems likely to start soon].

• It's sunny.
• The sun is shining.
• The sun comes out [=appears in the sky].

• It's windy.
• There's a light/strong wind blowing.
• The wind is picking up [=getting stronger].
• The wind has dropped [=became less strong].

• It's cloudy.
• There's not a cloud in the sky.

• It's foggy.
• The fog has lifted [=disapeared].

See also:
The Weather Vocabulary