Word of today: Topic about Weather| Section 04| Vocabulary

Word of today:
1) heat /ˈhiːt/ noun
1 [noncount] : energy that causes things to become warmer
 The sun's heat melted the snow.
 the intense heat of a fire
 She applied heat to the sore muscles in her leg.
 body heat
2 [noncount] : hot weather or temperatures
 a period of high heat and humidity
 The crops were damaged by drought and extreme heat.
 the desert's dry heat [=hot temperatures with little moisture in the air]
— often used with the
 She doesn't like the heat.
 The runners performed well despite the 90-degree heat.
 These flowers tend to wilt in the heat of summer.

2) humid /ˈhjuːməd/ adjective
[more humid; most humid]

: having a lot of moisture in the air
 humid weather
 a humid climate/day/season
 It's very hot and humid [=muggy] today.

3) humidity /hjuˈmɪdəti/ noun
[noncount] : moisture in the air
 the humidity of the region
 It's not the heat that will get you—it's the humidity.
: the amount of moisture in the air
 The temperature is 67 degrees with humidity at 75 percent.
 an area of low/high humidity

4) hurricane /ˈhɚrəˌkeɪn/ Brit /ˈhʌrəkən/ noun
[count]
: an extremely large, powerful, and destructive storm with very strong winds that occurs especially in the western part of the Atlantic Ocean

5) lightning /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/ noun
[noncount]
: the flashes of light that are produced in the sky during a storm
 a bolt of lightning = a lightning bolt
 a flash of lightning
 The tree was hit/struck by lightning. = The tree was hit by a lightning strike.