Temperature 8 to 15 deg. C. tomorrow.

Forecast made: 12.05.2018 15:01. Valid until: 14.05.2018 00:00.

Weather forecast for the next several days.

On Monday:

Becoming west and southwest 8-13 m/s with rain, but sleet in the mountains. Becoming colder, temperature 2 to 7 degrees C in the afternoon. Rather lighter wind and clearing in the northeast with temperature up to 14 deg. C, but becoming colder there in the evening.

On Tuesday:

Southwest 8-13 m/s, but lighter variable wind in the east. Rain or sleet at times in most parts of the country and snow in the mountains. Temperature 2 to 7 deg. C.

On Wednesday:

Southwest 5-10 m/s and some rain, but fair in the north and east. Temperature widley 5 to 10 deg. C.

On Thursday:

Becoming strong southeast wind with rain, but mainly dry in the northeast. Temperature 6 to 14 deg. C, warmest in the northeast.Southwesterly wind in the evening with rainshowers and falling temperature.

On Friday:

Looks like south wind with rainshowers in the south and west, but dry and fair elsewhere. Temperature 4 to 10 deg. C, warmest in the northeast.

Forecast made: 12.05.2018 10:38. Valid until: 19.05.2018 12:00.

Shipping forecasts. Read them and decipher the abbreviations. Try to complete a forecast of your own and write it.

Southwest Banks

E 5-10M/S, SLGT LGTER EVENING. INCR WND TOM, E 8-15 BY TOM NOON, STRG IN E.

Forecast made: 12.05.2018 04:43. Valid until: 14.05.2018 00:00.

West Banks — south part

DECR NE, E 3-8 NOON.SE 5-10 TOM.

Forecast made: 12.05.2018 04:43. Valid until: 14.05.2018 00:00.

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West Banks — north part

NE 3-10, STRG IN N, LGT VRB WND EVENING.SE/E 3-8 TOM. Forecast made: 12.05.2018 04:43. Valid until: 14.05.2018 00:00.

Northwest Banks

NE 8-13, SLWY MOD DURING DAY, FAIR NIGHT. E 3-8 TOM EVENING. Forecast made: 12.05.2018 04:43. Valid until: 14.05.2018 00:00.

North Banks — west part

VRB 3-8, LGTER EVENING.SW 5-10 MORNING, BECMG E 3-8 TOM EVENING.

Forecast made: 12.05.2018 04:43. Valid until: 14.05.2018 00:00.

North Banks — east part

E 3-8, INCR WND EVENING, SE 8-13 NIGHT.FAIR IN W TEMPO TOM AFTERNOON, SE 5-10 TOM EVENING.

Forecast made: 12.05.2018 04:43. Valid until: 14.05.2018 00:00.

East Banks — north part

SE 5-10, S 8-13 EVENING.AGAIN SE 5-10 BY TOM NOON, E 3-8 TOM EVENING.

Forecast made: 12.05.2018 04:43. Valid until: 14.05.2018 00:00.

East Banks — south part

E 3-8, S/VRB 5-10 EVENING.SE 5-10 NIGHT, NE TOM EVENING. Forecast made: 12.05.2018 04:43. Valid until: 14.05.2018 00:00.

Southeast Banks

E 3-10, SLWY INCR WND NIGHT, E 10-15 TOM AFTERNOON. Forecast made: 12.05.2018 04:43. Valid until: 14.05.2018 00:00.

Use a dictionary to help you complete the chart below. All of the words must begin with the letter of the alphabet given. Some letters may have many different answers, while others may not have an answer.

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TOPICS DISCUSSION

WEATHER

Discuss the questions below with your partner.

Student “A”

1.What’s the weather like today?

2.What do you think the weather will be like tomorrow?

3.What’s your favorite kind of weather?

4.Does your city usually have good weather?

5.Which do you like better: rain or snow? / Why?

6.What causes (or makes) weather?

7.What is ‘hail’? Have you ever seen hail?

8.What is the difference between ‘climate’ and ‘weather’?

9.Do you like to watch the ‘weather channel’ on TV? Why? / Why not?

10.How can you keep dry when you go out in rainy weather?

Student “B”

Discuss the questions below with your partner.

1.What was the weather like yesterday?

2.What is ‘weather’?

3.What kind of weather do you NOT like?

4.Which city in your country has the best weather?

5.Which do you like better: very hot weather or very cold weather? Why?

6.What is a ‘tornado’? Have you ever seen one?

7.What is a ‘flood’? Have you ever seen a flood?

8.How is our earth’s climate changing?

9.Would you like to be a TV weather reporter? Why? / Why not?

10.What kind of strange kinds of weather do you know about? Tellmeaboutthem.

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IMO STANDARD MARINE COMMUNICATION PHRASES

Learn these phrases by heart

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN WEATHER MESSAGES

(СЛОВАРЬ ТЕРМИНОВ, ИСПОЛЬЗУЕМЫХ В СООБЩЕНИЯХ О ПОГОДЕ)

Составлен по перечню, опубликованному Международной метеорологической организацией

Основные термины следующие:

• STANDARDS OF TIME (СТАНДАРТЫ ВРЕМЕНИ)

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) — Среднее гринвичское время (всемирное время) Standard Time — Стандартное время

Zone Time — Поясное время Summer Time — Летнее время Local Time — Местное время

• PRELIMINARY TERMS (ПРЕДВАРИТЕЛЬНЫЕ ТЕРМИНЫ)

Forecast — Прогноз

Further outlook — Вероятная эволюция

General inference — Общий вывод

General statement — Общее описание положения Long range forecast — Долгосрочный прогноз Synoptic situation — Синоптическая остановка Warning — Предупреждение

• STORM WARNINGS (ШТОРМОВЫЕ ПРЕДУПРЕЖДЕНИЯ)

Gale (Storm) warning — Штормовое предупреждение Hurricane warning — Предупреждение об урагане Blizzard — Метель, снежная буря

• TROPICAL STORMS (ТРОПИЧЕСКИЕ ШТОРМЫ)

Tropical cyclone — Тропический циклон

Hurricane — Ураган Tornado — Торнадо Typhoon — Тайфун

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• PRESSURE SYSTEMS (СИСТЕМА ДАВЛЕНИЯ)

Area of low pressure — Область пониженного давления Low — Циклон

Trough — Ложбина

Area of high pressure — Область повышенного давления High — Антициклон

Ridge of high pressure — Отрог, гребень повышенного давления Belt of high pressure — Пояс повышенного давления

•WEATHER (ПОГОДА)

Precipitation (Осадки)

Rain — Дождь

Sleet — Снег с дождем

Snow — Снег

Drizzle — Морось

Hail — Град

Shower — Ливень

Thunder — Гром

Thunderstorm — Гроза

Lighting — Молния

Visibility (Видимость)

Fog — Туман Mist — Дымка

Haze — Мгла

Dust storm — Пыльная буря Sandstorm — Песчаная буря

Miscellaneous (Разные термины)

Line-squall — Шквалистый фронт

Whirlwind — Вихрь Waterspout — Смерч Frost — Мороз Freezing — Затмение

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• MISCELLANEOUS NAUTICAL TERMS

(РАЗНЫЕ НАВИГАЦИОННЫЕ ТЕРМИНЫ)

Swell — Зыбь

Surge — Крутое волнение Surf — Прибой

Breakers — Буруны

Tide — Морской прилив и отлив

• GENERAL DESCRIPTIVE TERMS

(ОБЩИЕ ОПИСАТЕЛЬНЫЕ ТЕРМИНЫ)

Slight — Слабый, незначительный

Moderate — Умеренный

Heavy — Тяжелый

Strong — Сильный

Inpatches — Отдельными участками

Extensive — Обширный, пространный

Recurve — Перегиб

Quickly — Скоро

Slowly — Медленно

Fillingup — Заполнение

Decreasing — Уменьшение

Increasing — Увеличение

Poor — Плохой

Occasional — Случайный

Continuous — Непрерывный, продолжительный

Intermittent — Прерывистый

Later — Позже, поздний

Sunrise — Восход солнца

Cloud — Облако

Clearing up — Прояснение

Sea level — Уровень моря

Dry — Сухой

Prevailing wind — Преобладающий ветер

Damp — Влажный, сырой

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БИБЛИОГРАФИЧЕСКИЙ СПИСОК

1. Стандартные фразы ИМО для общения на море. — IMO Standard Marine Communication phrases. — 2-е изд., перераб. — Санкт-Петербург: ЗА-

ОЦНИИМФ, 2002. — 376 с.

2. Фаворов, В. П. Англо-русский морской словарь/ под редакцией В. П. Степанова. — Москва, 1996. — 759 с.

3. Frampton, R. M. Meteorology for seafarers / R. M. Frampton. Glasgow: Brown, son & Ferguson Ltd., Nautical Publishers. — 2010. — 140 p.

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