Hey signers! Welcome to Learn How to Sign. Today's video
is dedicated to all things weather. My husband, the director, editor, CEO of Learn How to Sign
is a weather nerd and an amateur storm chaser, so this video is a
fun one for us. Well enough about us. Let's get you learning how to sign weather signs.
Here's a tip before we get started: when signing about weather,
use your facial expression to change the intensity of the weather. For example, we have wind.
And then we have gusts.
Now let's blow our way into these weather signs.
WEATHER or WEATHER You have "W" hands coming down, flipping
back and forth or moving down side to side. WEATHER or WEATHER
CLOUDS CLOUDS
You're making the shape of the fluffy clouds in the sky.
CLOUDS STORM
STORM It's the sign for clouds,
but you also do it with-- STORM
FLOOD FLOOD
You're doing the sign WATER rising. FLOOD
TORNADO TORNADO
You have two "L" hands going
in opposite directions of each other, circling around to make the tornado.
TORNADO HURRICANE
HURRICANE There are many reasons this is the sign
for hurricane. For one it's "H" hands, and two this is the sign for tornado, and a hurricane is
bigger. And also my expert meteorologist husband told me that there are two flags for hurricane.
HURRICANE LIGHTNING
LIGHTNING This is showing the lightning
striking from the sky. LIGHTNING
THUNDER THUNDER
You're doing the sign HEAR and moving back and forth
for the boom. THUNDER
HAIL HAIL
And when you're doing the sign go to show the hail is hitting down really hard.
HAIL SNOW
SNOW This is showing the snow fluttering to the ground,
but if it was a blizzard you would do this-- SNOW
FREEZE or ICE This is showing the water
freezing up. FREEZE or ICE
TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE
Your non-dominant hand is the thermometer and your dominant hand is moving up and down
to show the temperature. TEMPERATURE
COLD COLD
Now when you do this sign, you must show that it's cold.
COLD COOL
COOL This represents the weather outside
is cool. COOL
WARM WARM
It's like you're blowing warm air out of your mouth.
WARM HOT
HOT Your hand is
twisting out from your mouth like it's something that's touched your mouth, and it's too hot.
HOT DRY
DRY Your index finger is pulling across your chin.
DRY WET
WET Your
five hands are pulling in towards O's and you flip them upwards.
WET RAIN
RAIN You're showing the raindrops
falling down. RAIN
SUNNY SUNNY
You're showing the sun shining down. SUNNY
WINDY WINDY
And when you do this sign show a blowing mouth with it.
WINDY SEASON
SEASON You do an "S" hand going around a clock
representing time. SEASON
SPRING SPRING
Think of flowers growing in the garden during the springtime.
SPRING SUMMER
SUMMER It's just like you're dripping sweat
off your forehead during the summer. SUMMER
FALL FALL
Think of your dominant hand as a leaf falling off of a tree.
FALL WINTER
WINTER Now notice
I'm not showing any facial expression with this because if I did, that would be the sign for cold.
so-- WINTER
Now let's put these weather signs into sentences. What's the weather going to be like tomorrow?
TOMORROW WEATHER WHAT? This morning it's going to rain,
but in the afternoon it's going to be sunny. TODAY MORNING RAIN BUT AFTERNOON SUNNY.
Here in the spring, it's tornado season. SPRING HERE TORNADO SEASON.
It's been so dry here, we need rain now. DRY RAIN NEED.
Be careful out there. The clouds are dark,
it may hail. BE CAREFUL CLOUDS DARK MAYBE HAIL.
Great job! To keep practicing, watch your local news and practice signing the weather.
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