Dictionaries give two different meanings for "dépression" in the weather context - either low pressure system or heavy rains. Low pressure leads to rainstorms, but which is meant in this excercise?
Une dépression
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Une dépression
This question relates to:French dictation exercise "Tomorrow morning's weather forecast"
Asked 4 years ago
Hi Sean,
There are international norms for such expressions and I always took it as meaning as a low-pressure system, but this is not my field.
Take a look at the following Wiki page which I found with lots of interesting weather vocabulary that might interest you -
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9pression_(m%C3%A9t%C3%A9orologie)
Bonne Continuation!
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