Questions & Answers about Das Wetter ist trocken.
Could I just say Es ist trocken instead of Das Wetter ist trocken?
Yes! Just like in English, you can use the impersonal es to talk about conditions. Using Das Wetter makes it explicitly about the weather, but Es ist trocken (It is dry) is a very common and natural way to say the same thing.
Why doesn't trocken have an ending here, like trockenes?
When an adjective comes after the verb sein (to be) to describe the subject, it stays in its basic dictionary form. You only add endings when the adjective comes directly before a noun.
If I want to say "It is dry" in the next sentence, do I use es because of the lesson, or because of das Wetter?
Both! Wetter is a neuter noun, so its pronoun is naturally es. But German also uses es as a general impersonal subject for weather conditions, so es works perfectly either as a replacement for the noun or as a general statement about the environment.
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