Sunshine · Weather
sunshine and showers
sunny and rainy periods in one day
Sunshine and showers means that sunny periods and rain happen during the same day.
This vs that
The forecast is sunshine and showers.
The forecast is sunny spells.
Hear it in real life
What was the weather like at the coast?
Sunshine and showers all day, but it stayed quite warm.
The forecast says sunshine and showers, so take a jacket with you.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
People use the short weather phrase in everyday conversation; the stiff version sounds like a scientific report.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The forecast says sun and rains today.
Say: The forecast says sunshine and showers today.
Forecasters pair “sunshine and showers”; “rain” has no plural here.
Say it together
Whole chunks natives use with it.
sunshine and showers today
It'll be sunshine and showers today, so don't forget your umbrella.
We had sunshine and showers today, but it was still warm.
Sunshine words
Weather · Sunshine: the words around “sunshine and showers”.
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Same word, different world
Your turn: say it out loud
It'll be sunshine and showers today.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
sunshine and showers
sunny and rainy periods in one day
“The forecast says sunshine and showers, so take a jacket with you.”
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