UNIT 8 IRISH WEATHER

USEFUL ONLINE RESOURCES FOR UNIT 8

WARM UP

Irish Weather Forecast Online – http://www.met.ie/

http://www.ireland.com/en-us/about-ireland/discover-ireland/irelands-weather/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Ireland


PART 1 WEATHER VOCABULARY

weather-in-english

https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/weather-vocabulary.htm

https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/glossary.html


PART 2A DESCRIBE IRISH WEATHER

http://www.dailyedge.ie/bad-irish-winter-weather-phrases-1166321-Nov2013/

http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/14-things-youll-only-hear-3063759

http://www.thejournal.ie/sse-airtricity-pride-weather-3003134-Oct2016/

http://www.her.ie/life/sure-its-desperate-out-ten-things-irish-people-love-saying-about-the-weather/26375


PART 2B THE IRISH INVENTED WIND

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/beaufort.html

beaufort-wind-scale


PART 3A WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WEATHER

Facts about the Weather

http://www.climateandweather.net/world-weather/weather-facts.html


PART 3B DISCUSS IRISH WEATHER

https://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/guided_discovery/examples/seasons.html

https://www.livescience.com/26273-gulf-stream.html

http://www.discoveringireland.com/rainfall-in-ireland/

http://www.dailyedge.ie/conversation-every-irish-person-has-about-the-weather-1313580-Feb2014/


PART 4 NOW YOU – BECOME A WEATHER FORECASTER

http://www.survivopedia.com/reading-natures-signs-to-predict-weather/

https://www.thoughtco.com/weather-signs-of-incoming-storm-756025


ON YOUR OWN

IRISH WEATHER FORECAST –

Watch the (joke) weather forecast from ‘D’Unbelieveables’: The Weather Room’ online. It’s a very strong Irish accent, so see what you can understand, if anything…

D’Unbelievables – ‘The Weather Room’

 

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