Francis wrote:"Hello" is usually translated "salut" but only between friends.
Dont translate literaly "my name is..". Say "Je m'appelle..."
Ways of speaking about weather are not the same in French than in English.
Finish your sentence I'll translate it...
The sentence (for the weather now) is "The weather is very cold."
Thank you for your help in this - its very kind of you. I just wish I could actually hear someone say it outloud so I know I am pronouncing it correctly. I said "Je m'appelle" as "Jam apple"

That's just gotta be wrong, coming from me.