what a bad weather it is! or What bad weather it is!

[japanjapan]

Dear Teachers,
I met a question today.Should we say " What a bad weather it is!" or "What bad weather it is!"? and can we say "How bad a weather it is!" Another question, should we say "How bad the weather is!" or "How bad the weather it is!"
I'm looking forward to your help.
Million Thanks!
Japanjapan

 

[Barb_D]

Hello.
We don't "meet" questions - we can see them, read them or encounter them, but not meet them.

What bad weather we're having!

Don't use "a" before "weather." -- At least, not in American English.

 

[probus]

"Don't use "a" before "weather." -- At least, not in American English."

Agree. One does hear this occasionally in Indian English, but I think it is so wrong it should be marked incorrect rather than dialect. In cases where "weather", a continuous ongoing phenomenon, requires an article, it must be "the", never "a".