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Overview:
In this web exercise, you will be learning about
Celcius and Fahrenheit, weather maps, and
terminology used in Norwegian weather forecasts.
Do the exercises highlighted in green below and
write the answers on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Celcius and Fahrenheit
2. Weather maps
- Review the words for weather conditions
listed below. View the Nettvik site and see
the commonly used
weather
symbols in Norway.
- sol: sun | perioder med sol: periods with
sun | oppholdsvær: dry weather
- skyet: cloudy | delvis skyet: partly
cloudy |
- skydekke: cloud cover (skiftende
skydekke)
- nedbør: precipitation (lite
nedbør) | regn: rain | regnbyger: rain
showers
- torden: thunder | lyn: lightning
- tåke: fog | hagl: hail | sludd:
sleet
- snø: snow | snøbyger: snow
showers
- bris: breeze | kuling: wind, breeze |
storm: gale, storm
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Vindstyrke 3
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Vindstyrke 4
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Vindstyrke 5
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Vindstyrke 6
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Vindstyrke 7
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lett bris
(gentle breeze)
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laber bris
(mod. breeze)
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frisk bris
(fresh breeze)
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liten kuling
(strong breeze)
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stiv kuling
(near gale)
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Vindstyrke 8
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Vindstyrke 9
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Vindstyrke 10
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Vindstyrke 11
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sterk kuling
(gale)
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liten storm
(strong gale)
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full storm
(storm)
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sterk storm
(violent storm)
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- Exercise 2.1:
Look at the
weather
map of Norway. What are the current weather
conditions and temperatures for the cities of
Oslo, Kristiansand, Bergen, Trondheim,
Bodø, and Tromsø.
- Exercise 2.2:
Choose a
Norwegian
city from the list, look up the long term
forecast, and write it down.
- Exercise
2.3: Look at the maps showing the
maximum
and
minimum
temperatures in Norway. Where is it the coldest
in Norway? Where is it the warmest?
3. Weather forecasts:
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