- It is going to rain or It will rain? | WordReference Forums
"It will rain" on its own is a bit pointless As there is no time mentioned or referenced, it just means that it will rain at some point in the future, which is obvious, but not very informative "It is going to rain" is used when the signs are there that rain will come soon, e g black clouds
- It will is going to rain - WordReference Forums
"It's going to rain" typically implies that it will happen sooner Ex: "It's going to rain this afternoon " "It will rain" is used more often for the farther future, such as "It will rain the whole summer " However, "It's going to rain" is used in common speech much more often, even for the distant future, as it's less formal
- its going to rain its going to be raining - WordReference Forums
That would be unnatural in the context you present, however, one might say: "It's going to be raining on Sunday when the ball game starts "
- Weather Forecast (be going to-will) | WordReference Forums
Usually, when you predict something, you use "it is going to" So I'd suggest "it is going to snow" here (that of course, if it's still relevant in the present If not, then you'd say "it was going to rain" - sequence of tenses) Sometimes, "will" and "going to" are interchangeable, other times they're not
- It looks as if its going to rain | WordReference Forums
I would be quite surprised to hear anyone say that, when talking about the weather On the whole, we don't use such laboured speech to say "It looks like rain" "It looks as if it's going to rain" doesn't mean that it's definitely going to rain, but you could express your doubt by using "might": It looks as though it might (be going to) rain
- Its going to be there is going to be a storm - WordReference Forums
It is going to rain If we used the verb "to storm" we could use "it" the same way: It's going to storm It is storming in Connecticut But the verb "to storm" is less common It is more common to use the noun, like you did in post #1 With the noun, we use "there is" There's going to be a storm There was a terrible storm last night
- I wish it would was going to rain tomorrow. - WordReference Forums
Regarding the 'rain' scenario, I would use 'I want it to rain tomorrow' or Hermione's 'I hope it rains tomorrow' Neither of the examples in #1 seems idiomatic to me Reactions: Hiden
- ‘It will rain tomorrow’ or ‘It’s going to rain tomorrow’?
I don't think so, but it's rare to hear the very definite statements "it will rain" or "it is going to rain " Weather forecasters usually talk about possibility or likelihood of rain There is a 90% chance of rain in the afternoon We will have high winds and a probably rain in the morning, but it should clear by mid-afternoon And the rest of
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