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What does "intermediate shower" mean?

Money-Wash-7590
Hello, I am trying to transcribe an interview of non-native English speakers. There's a part that the interviewee talks about islands in the northern part of a country and he says "it's a calm environment and also breeze and also shower, intermediate shower". Actually, I am not sure if I get the words "breeze" and "intermediate shower" right. I have no idea how these words, especially intermediate shower could relate to the message about the topic in the interview. Any suggestions on this would be greatly appreciated.

17 comments

Admirable-Freedom-Fr•
Are you sure that's what you heard? I've heard the expression "intermittent showers..." which means it rains but not at regular intervals.
Old_Introduction_395•
'Intermittent showers' is more likely.
Objective-Resident-7•
It might be "intermittent showers".
DifferentTheory2156•
If it is “ intermediate “ showers it would mean a moderate rain as opposed to light or heavy rain. If it is “intermittent “ rain which seems more likely; it would mean off and on rain.
Better_Pea248•
I believe this is about the location’s weather. A breeze is a gentle wind; pleasant and generally not strong enough that you would be worried about your hat being blown off your head. An intermediate shower is steady rain, more than a drizzle (light mist), but not the big fat drops that almost hurt your skin when they land.
IncidentFuture•
Usage is going to vary a bit regionally, but it's the sort of terminology you'd find in weather reports. So there'll be isolated, scattered, light, moderate/intermediate, heavy showers, and so forth. Showers differ from rain in that it's usually coming from individual clouds or intermittent, whereas rain will be persistent and widespread.
FloridaFlamingoGirl•
It seems like they're saying that place experiences breezes (light winds) and intermediate showers (moderate rain). They're describing what the weather is like there. 
SSA22_HCM1•
How I would interpret it based on the context you gave: The islands have a temperate climate and are windy with moderate rainfall.
TheLizardKing89•
Not a light rain, not a heavy rain, but in the middle.
wackyvorlon•
It’s most likely intermittent, not intermediate.
SnooMacarons5834•
"Breeze" means wind, but a gentle and pleasant wind. They may have said "breezy" which be more natural phrasing. The other commenters have already addressed "intermittent showers" meaning rain that happens occasionally for relatively short periods, rather than long, damaging rainstorms. Using the word "shower(s)" to describe rain also connotes a gentle rain. So they are saying that the weather on these islands is very mild, with not major weather events.
SmolHumanBean8•
Intermittent shower. It rains for a few minutes, then it stops, maybe it rains again...
FiddleThruTheFlowers•
As others have said, I assume you heard "intermittent." The grammar in the quote you said isn't correct in general. I interpret it as there's usually a breeze and occasional rain showers.
maddiobt•
Baby wipe cleanup maybe? /s
CoffeeGoblynn•
I totally read your post title as "immediate shower" and though you were talking about seeing something really gross and responding with "*immediate shower.*" You might just be mishearing "intermittent" or "imminent." Though "intermediate" could be referring to moderate amounts of rain in this content.
ThirdSunRising•
This is what we call, "broken English." They're getting their point across, mostly, but we all have some difficulty understanding it. If I had to guess, I'd say they meant "It's a calm environment, with a gentle breeze and intermittent showers."
garboge32•
Breezy not breeze, meaning windy but the soft cooling kind on a hot day. Intermediate shower could refer to rainfall or the practice of refraining from bathing to preserve water during a drought but probably the rain as in rain showers that come abruptly due to the changing weather of the island. They may also end abruptly either way they can lead to an extreme change in weather from a hot summer day into a rain shower and back again in under an hour.