usage.weather-talk
Weather talk: hace calor, está lloviendo
Hace + noun (hace calor/frío/viento/sol), está + gerund/adjective (está lloviendo, está nublado), hay + noun (hay neblina). ¡Qué calor! opens any elevator chat.
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Explanation
Three structures split the territory: hace for felt conditions, está for current states, hay for visible phenomena. Forecast: va a llover, parece que se viene la lluvia.
Bolivia's own: el surazo — the cold southern wind that drops Santa Cruz 15 degrees overnight; llegó el surazo explains everyone's jacket.
Three structures split the work: hace + noun for felt conditions (hace calor/frío/viento), está + gerund/adjective for current states (está lloviendo, está nublado), and hay + noun for visible phenomena (hay neblina). Bolivia has its own term — el surazo, the cold southern wind that can drop Santa Cruz fifteen degrees overnight.
Examples
It's so hot today! — And it's only October.
Region: global
The surazo is coming, bundle up.
Region: global
So cold! The southern cold front came in and it's been overcast all day.
Region: global