According to the weather channel, it’s getting warmer tomorrow.

[Lajos]

Present Progressive for future with inanimate subjects

Hello,

How do these sentences sound to a native spreaker of English?

According to the weather channel, it’s getting warmer tomorrow.
According to the weather channel, it's raining tomorrow.
The cherry trees in Washington are blooming next week.
The trees are losing their leaves soon.

I've read contradicting opinions about them and I'm not sure if they correct.

Many thanks,

 

[Tarheel]

Those are OK I guess, but I might say:

According to the Weather Channel it's going to rain tomorrow.

And:

According to the Weather Channel it's going to be warmer tomorrow.
The cherry trees will be blooming next week
The trees will be losing their leaves soon.

You might see some contradictory opinions.

 

[Piscean]

How do these sentences sound to a native spreaker of English?

They sound unnatural to me. present continuous normally suggests some form of a situation already arranged when used with reference to the future. This doesn't work with weather or trees.

 

[jutfrank]

I agree that the present continuous is not the ideal future form in a context like this. If the idea is to make a prediction, then 'it's going to rain tomorrow' is much better. As post #3 says, the present continuous is normally used for arrangements, and this is not an arrangement.