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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
weather
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a weather forecast
▪ The weather forecast for the weekend is fine and dry.
a weather pattern
▪ Rising global temperatures are affecting weather patterns.
brave the elements/weather etc (=go out in bad weather)
▪ More than 100 people braved the elements and attended the rally.
cold weather
▪ More cold weather is expected later this week.
extreme weather/conditions etc
harsh winter/weather/climate
▪ the harsh Canadian winters
rainy weather
▪ I hate rainy weather.
sub-zero weather/temperatures
the weather turns cold/nasty etc (also it turns cold/nasty etc)
▪ Then it turned cold and started to rain.
weather forecaster
▪ the weather forecaster
weather girl
weather permitting (=if the weather is good enough)
▪ We’ll have a picnic at the beach, weather permitting.
weather spotterAmerican English
weather vane
weather/luck holds (out) (=continues to be good)
▪ If our luck holds, we could reach the final.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bad
▪ So apart from the risk of bad weather - and that's a risk anywhere - you can't go wrong in Obergurgl.
▪ But bad weather causes frequent delays and cancellations.
▪ The effect of the bad weather was not felt uniformly.
▪ When bad weather turns up, one of the first places people turn to is the video store.
▪ While Janet's plants stayed strong and proud throughout the bad weather, mine were almost horizontal by spring.
▪ As so often seemed to be the case, the cavorting sea creatures heralded bad weather.
▪ Heavy fighting in the Caucasus despite bad weather conditions.
▪ One possible explanation is that the beacons have a history of malfunctioning during bad weather.
cold
▪ Inside Menzion is old-fashioned and comfortable with blazing log fires in cold weather.
▪ If they went too far north, they risked cold weather and gales.
▪ She responded, not laughing but sucking in her cheeks like a man blowing on to his hands in cold weather.
▪ But with more cold weather forecast that's not likely to happen right away.
▪ During cold weather, hot meals and plenty of hot drinks will make you feel warmer inside.
▪ In places where there is cold weather in the winter, the streets often become covered with ice and snow.
▪ The hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire also referred to cold weather payments.
▪ A: Cold weather can prevent fruit set.
dry
▪ Keep the area moist in dry weather.
▪ Second, there must be a constant supply of water to the sward even during long spells of dry weather.
▪ It will need your care to become established, especially in hot, dry weather.
▪ Soak drills beforehand and cover the seeds with moist peat or old potting compost in dry weather.
▪ Their efforts were hampered by recent dry weather and moderate winds fanning the flames.
▪ Carry out any necessary repairs to the greenhouse, and repaint it if needed, in dry weather.
▪ Cracking in dry weather can be prevented by mulching and ensuring there is a good ground cover.
extreme
▪ The walks take place in all but the most extreme weather conditions, so please wear suitable outdoor clothing.
▪ In fact, many buy snow insurance as a hedge against extreme weather.
▪ Global warming will deeply affect poor countries, leading to huge numbers of refugees, crop failures, and extreme weather.
▪ If so, are we all facing more extreme weather?
▪ Scientists can also understand more about possible links with extreme weather like hurricanes.
▪ It was known that fasting could cause hallucinations, and extreme weather conditions were thought to affect the mind.
▪ In addition, the surface is not affected by extreme weather conditions.
▪ In extreme wet weather, it allows untreated and unscreened sewage to escape to the River Forth.
fair
▪ This was one of Rona's showpieces, and in fair weather would be the archetypal cave of smuggling fiction.
▪ In the land of fair weather, there appeared to be plenty of fair-weather fans.
▪ It was by all accounts a good match and fair weather was maintained throughout.
fine
▪ The fine weather enjoyed by the island ensures that cricket is played all year round.
▪ But the fine weather of the launch day vanished.
▪ Once a week in fine weather a barbecue replaces an evening meal.
▪ The only major problem at this year's final results from the traditional fine weather in southern California.
▪ It can take several days of fine weather to dry out.
▪ The Mayrhofen Brass Band gives regular open-air concerts in fine weather.
▪ Her talk was all about the recent fine weather, the record yield, the completion of harvest -all but the linseed.
▪ The steam trial on 5 December was blessed with fine weather, although a little dull.
good
▪ But good weather means you're out of doors, so these quirks don't matter.
▪ The allegedly good baseball weather is overrated, especially at night.
▪ If there was a technology advantage, it came from better weather readings.
▪ In Plymouth and Newlyn, good weather enabled fishermen to bring a good variety of fish to the markets in good quantities.
▪ Also patron of good weather and rain; he is invoked against misfortune and plague.
▪ It has been better weather this year, if rather chilly at times.
harsh
▪ In winter it's a wildlife haven; even in the harshest weather it affords a rarely failing food source.
▪ Autumn was here, the countryside was fading under the colder, harsher weather.
▪ Protect your skin from harsh weather.
heavy
▪ His blue serge trousers were too heavy for this weather.
▪ That was the first part of our dilemma: the heavy weather was shaking Hsu Fu to pieces.
▪ The ship suffered damage due to heavy weather conditions.
▪ Some, of course, we had lost in our first bout of heavy weather when leaving Shimoda.
▪ So it is not surprising that adolescents sometimes make heavy weather of the whole process.
▪ It may be asked why psychiatry has made such heavy weather of coming round to that view.
▪ The 4 tries were good enough, but in between, the cherry and whites made heavy weather of the game.
▪ Although William could understand this, he found Arnold's company fairly heavy weather.
hot
▪ This is particularly true when the period of hot weather is prolonged.
▪ In hot weather, clean air conditioner filters.
▪ Canvas plimsolls are a better, cheaper bet for keeping cool in hot weather.
▪ Annually: Check central air conditioning and room units before the onset of hot weather.
▪ We had some hot weather, but with an eiderdown of cloud under the sun.
▪ His feet are usually cocooned in two pairs of thick socks and heavy walking boots - even during hot weather!
▪ Something about hot sticky weather brings the Lundbergs out at night.
poor
▪ This ceasefire was reported to be holding on Oct 21, although poor weather was thought to be a major factor.
▪ There is only a 10 percent chance poor weather will postpone the launch.
▪ A sequence of poor weather forecasts threatened mayhem, but the only significant break of play had been on the opening day.
▪ Trout anglers at Leighton Reservoir enjoyed a marvellous start to the season despite poor weather.
▪ One of the main advantages of video as an aid was that it could be used during poor weather.
severe
▪ It is ironic that often the most severe weather conditions can produce some of the most intricate and fragile sights.
▪ El Nino is expected to cause severe weather in Southern California, and wetter-than-normal conditions farther north.
▪ It has survived well in my cold garden, coming again from the base, even when cut down by severe weather.
▪ Oil stocks continued to move up Friday on improvements in pricing as a result of severe cold weather across the country.
▪ An established hebe may survive all but the worst winters, but a young plant may succumb to moderately severe weather.
▪ Federal Express cited the impact of severe winter weather on its delivery service.
▪ Whatever its cause, that decline makes it harder to lay blame for any recent severe weather on El Chichón.
▪ It will lack both the severe winter weather and the potential for combat of the Balkans.
warm
▪ The figure was blamed on warm weather, increased competition and the recession.
▪ You may not know how extensive the damage is until warmer weather.
▪ Oddly, given its warm weather function, it does not seem to have had ventilator eyelets fitted to the blue pattern.
▪ Jones never got to the media outing because he prefers the warm weather of his hometown, Pensacola, Fla.
▪ At last, warm weather - but alas, no mink.
▪ Harvesting began early in Bordeaux as well, due to unseasonably warm weather.
▪ When warmer weather comes, he changes to water-skis.
▪ As the warm weather arrives in Yosemite, so do the people en masse, many from far reaches of the world.
wet
▪ Sheep, hardy creatures in many ways, proved curiously vulnerable to prolonged wet weather.
▪ Sensible shoes are recommended, especially wellington boots in wet weather.
▪ In summer there is often plenty of wet weather too.
▪ Heat and wet weather, damp.
▪ The wet weather has already caused the abandonment of several fixtures, including today's card at Ludlow.
▪ In wet weather hand them inside to deter mould.
▪ P.P. It was a tough life, especially in wet weather.
▪ The wet weather must have made her rusty, for whenever she stood up she winced.
■ NOUN
forecast
▪ It may cheer you up to learn that the weather forecast is promising.
▪ The weather forecast was for overcast skies, like three hundred and ten other days of the year in Rochester.
▪ Listening to the weather forecast is a vital part of the job.
▪ When they were finished, Eddie sat down with the weather forecasts and began his calculations.
▪ From weather forecasts to climate change, Anthony Wilson looks at causes, effects and extremes of weather.
▪ Information abounds - piste maps are dispensed beside lift queues, weather forecasts are posted everywhere and broadcast incessantly.
▪ None the less, it should not surprise you to know that these people rarely prepare weather forecasts.
forecaster
▪ However, weather forecasters say the cyclone should move offshore, promising dry conditions on Sunday.
▪ The weather forecaster does as he should: he attempts to give the approximate atmospheric conditions for the next few days.
▪ The local weather forecaster had told me we'd get rain and we did.
map
▪ And the weather maps are updated infrequently.
▪ If you want to find me on the map, check out the color-coded weather map in the newspaper.
▪ You can look at a whole rainstorm on a weather map.
pattern
▪ Pollution is no longer simply a product of local industry; it often moves in continental drifts as weather patterns change.
▪ It would be an interesting landing, if his experience of weather patterns was anything to go by.
▪ For many months there was a very stable weather pattern affecting most of the northern hemisphere.
▪ And they claim that the knock-on effect is that weather patterns change.
▪ But weather patterns change in a haphazard, inconsistent way.
▪ Day 2 Invaluable brief on yachts, local area, weather patterns, shopping facilities etc.
▪ It's not yet known how seriously global warming will affect the world's weather patterns.
report
▪ The weather reports indicate that we may get a light snowfall some time over the next few days.
▪ The most commonly accessed net site: the weather report.
▪ The other will check the weather report.
▪ Eddie immediately read the weather reports sent by radio from the big new landplane airport thirty-eight miles away at Gander Lake.
▪ Even on the weather report, they say so.
▪ Myself I always liked the radio for baseball and weather reports, not this.
station
▪ Roadside sensors at weather stations around the county are linked up to a computer system.
▪ In addition, some improvements have been made to weather station linkages.
summer
▪ The high blue summer weather goes on and on and by mid-afternoon it's hot up here under the leads.
▪ But once again the strange summer weather thwarted us.
▪ Sometimes there's nothing at all, especially in good summer weather.
▪ So I and the few who had escaped illness enjoyed the beautiful summer weather, with no lessons or discipline at all.
▪ Unfortunately it was classic summer weather.
▪ Some months later, in a spell of beautiful summer weather, a telegram - always a thing of dread - arrived.
▪ Despite the lovely summer weather, she felt quite bleak and depressed.
winter
▪ Oxfam say woman and children are particularly at risk from the bitter winter weather.
▪ Application First ask the students to share their experiences with winter weather, ice, and snow.
▪ Tufted Duck are unusual on salt water, except in severe winter weather.
▪ Federal Express cited the impact of severe winter weather on its delivery service.
▪ The bad winter weather with no guaranteed snow cover could prove to be this expansion's downfall.
▪ It will lack both the severe winter weather and the potential for combat of the Balkans.
▪ Aapri's new Facial Wash Gel can help you to help your skin combat the winter weather.
▪ There is just time to apply a coat before the winter weather really sets in.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
filthy weather/night/day
▪ It looked like being a filthy night.
it's brass monkeys/brass monkey weather
make heavy weather of sth
▪ I was making heavy weather of it but dared not rest for the cold.
▪ So it is not surprising that adolescents sometimes make heavy weather of the whole process.
▪ Some publishers are making heavy weather of 1992.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Weather patterns have been changing as a result of global warming.
▪ a period of warm sunny weather
▪ I don't like going to work on my bike in wet weather.
▪ We'll play softball in the park tomorrow, weather permitting.
▪ We want to have a picnic on Saturday, but it depends on the weather.
▪ What's the weather like today?
▪ What was the weather like on your vacation?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Down from the mountains the weather was warmer, without the snow and wind of Canjuers.
▪ In fact, many buy snow insurance as a hedge against extreme weather.
▪ Inside Menzion is old-fashioned and comfortable with blazing log fires in cold weather.
▪ It was the old mountain teaching another brutal lesson, that the mountain and its weather does not forgive a mistake.
▪ Not even cool weather can stop the rapid rise of red numbers, or so it seems.
▪ The fine weather enjoyed by the island ensures that cricket is played all year round.
▪ This is particularly true when the period of hot weather is prolonged.
II.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
storm
▪ How have you weathered the storm?
▪ Hunker down and attempt to weather the storm?
▪ The capacity to weather the storm is there provided the government has the political clout to do it.
▪ Scott Wolf has weathered many a storm in his brief but eventful acting career.
▪ In the first half, Petersfield had weathered a varied storm with a mixture of luck and determination.
▪ The company announced the scheme in August, and has had to weather a storm of objections from shareholders and managers.
▪ Peterborough weathered the storm and could have taken a shock lead after 31 minutes.
▪ Others, like General Motors, have had to pull in their sails to weather the storm of a price war.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
filthy weather/night/day
▪ It looked like being a filthy night.
it's brass monkeys/brass monkey weather
make heavy weather of sth
▪ I was making heavy weather of it but dared not rest for the cold.
▪ So it is not surprising that adolescents sometimes make heavy weather of the whole process.
▪ Some publishers are making heavy weather of 1992.
weather the storm
▪ According to the board, Ocean Ranger was structurally sound and should have been able to weather the storm.
▪ How have you weathered the storm?
▪ Hunker down and attempt to weather the storm?
▪ If she calmed down, she might just weather the storm.
▪ Others, like General Motors, have had to pull in their sails to weather the storm of a price war.
▪ Peterborough weathered the storm and could have taken a shock lead after 31 minutes.
▪ So, with luck, they hoped to weather the storm.
▪ The capacity to weather the storm is there provided the government has the political clout to do it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In the first half, Petersfield had weathered a varied storm with a mixture of luck and determination.
▪ Still, Tomkins earnings likely will demonstrate the durability of the company to weathering downturns in specific markets.
▪ Thomas weathered over the last year-and-a-half.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Weather

Weather \Weath"er\, v. i. To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather.

The organisms . . . seem indestructible, while the hard matrix in which they are imbedded has weathered from around them.
--H. Miller.

Weather

Weather \Weath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Weathering.]

  1. To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air.

    [An eagle] soaring through his wide empire of the air To weather his broad sails.
    --Spenser.

    This gear lacks weathering.
    --Latimer.

  2. Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm.

    For I can weather the roughest gale.
    --Longfellow.

    You will weather the difficulties yet.
    --F. W. Robertson.

  3. (Naut.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship.

  4. (Falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air. --Encyc. Brit. To weather a point.

    1. (Naut.) To pass a point of land, leaving it on the lee side.

    2. Hence, to gain or accomplish anything against opposition.

      To weather out, to encounter successfully, though with difficulty; as, to weather out a storm.

Weather

Weather \Weath"er\, n. [OE. weder, AS. weder; akin to OS. wedar, OFries. weder, D. weder, we[^e]r, G. wetter, OHG. wetar, Icel. ve[eth]r, Dan. veir, Sw. v["a]der wind, air, weather, and perhaps to OSlav. vedro fair weather; or perhaps to Lith. vetra storm, Russ. vieter', vietr', wind, and E. wind. Cf. Wither.]

  1. The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena; meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather, etc.

    Not amiss to cool a man's stomach this hot weather.
    --Shak.

    Fair weather cometh out of the north.
    --Job xxxvii. 2

  2. 2. Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air.
    --Bacon.

  3. Storm; tempest.

    What gusts of weather from that gathering cloud My thoughts presage!
    --Dryden.

  4. A light rain; a shower. [Obs.]
    --Wyclif.

    Stress of weather, violent winds; force of tempests.

    To make fair weather, to flatter; to give flattering representations. [R.]

    To make good weather, or To make bad weather (Naut.), to endure a gale well or ill; -- said of a vessel.
    --Shak.

    Under the weather, ill; also, financially embarrassed. [Colloq. U. S.]
    --Bartlett.

    Weather box. Same as Weather house, below.
    --Thackeray.

    Weather breeder, a fine day which is supposed to presage foul weather.

    Weather bureau, a popular name for the signal service. See Signal service, under Signal, a. [U. S.]

    Weather cloth (Naut.), a long piece of canvas of tarpaulin used to preserve the hammocks from injury by the weather when stowed in the nettings.

    Weather door. (Mining) See Trapdoor, 2.

    Weather gall. Same as Water gall, 2. [Prov. Eng.]
    --Halliwell.

    Weather house, a mechanical contrivance in the form of a house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions by the appearance or retirement of toy images.

    Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought Devised the weather house, that useful toy!
    --Cowper.

    Weather molding, or

    Weather moulding (Arch.), a canopy or cornice over a door or a window, to throw off the rain.

    Weather of a windmill sail, the obliquity of the sail, or the angle which it makes with its plane of revolution.

    Weather report, a daily report of meteorological observations, and of probable changes in the weather; esp., one published by government authority.

    Weather spy, a stargazer; one who foretells the weather. [R.]
    --Donne.

    Weather strip (Arch.), a strip of wood, rubber, or other material, applied to an outer door or window so as to cover the joint made by it with the sill, casings, or threshold, in order to exclude rain, snow, cold air, etc.

Weather

Weather \Weath"er\, a. (Naut.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc. Weather gauge.

  1. (Naut.) The position of a ship to the windward of another.

  2. Fig.: A position of advantage or superiority; advantage in position.

    To veer, and tack, and steer a cause Against the weather gauge of laws.
    --Hudibras.

    Weather helm (Naut.), a tendency on the part of a sailing vessel to come up into the wind, rendering it necessary to put the helm up, that is, toward the weather side.

    Weather shore (Naut.), the shore to the windward of a ship.
    --Totten.

    Weather tide (Naut.), the tide which sets against the lee side of a ship, impelling her to the windward.
    --Mar. Dict.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
weather

"come through safely," 1650s, from weather (n.). The notion is of a ship riding out a storm. Sense of "wear away by exposure" is from 1757. Related: Weathered; weathering. Old English verb wederian meant "exhibit a change of weather."

weather

Old English weder "air, sky; breeze, storm, tempest," from Proto-Germanic *wedram "wind, weather" (cognates: Old Saxon wedar, Old Norse veðr, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Dutch weder, Old High German wetar, German Wetter "storm, wind, weather"), from PIE *we-dhro-, "weather" (cognates: Lithuanian vetra "storm," Old Church Slavonic vedro "good weather"), from root *we- "to blow" (see wind (n.1)). Alteration of -d- to -th- begins late 15c., though such pronunciation may be older (see father (n.)).\n

\nIn nautical use, as an adjective, "toward the wind" (opposed to lee). Greek had words for "good weather" (aithria, eudia) and words for "storm" and "winter," but no generic word for "weather" until kairos (literally "time") began to be used as such in Byzantine times. Latin tempestas "weather" (see tempest) also originally meant "time;" and words for "time" also came to mean weather in Irish (aimsir), Serbo-Croatian (vrijeme), Polish (czas), etc. Weather-report is from 1863. Weather-breeder "fine, serene day which precedes and seems to prepare a storm" is from 1650s.

Wiktionary
weather

n. 1 The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc. 2 unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects. 3 (context nautical English) The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side. 4 (context countable figuratively English) A situation. 5 (context obsolete English) A storm; a tempest. 6 (context obsolete English) A light shower of rain. vb. 1 To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects. 2 (context by extension English) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist. 3 (context nautical English) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round. 4 (context nautical English) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage. 5 (context falconry English) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.

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WordNet
weather

adj. towards the side exposed to wind [syn: upwind, weather(a)]

weather

n. the meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "they were hoping for good weather"; "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception" [syn: weather condition, atmospheric condition]

weather

  1. v. face or endure with courage; "She braved the elements" [syn: endure, brave, brave out]

  2. cause to slope

  3. sail to the windward of

  4. change under the action or influence of the weather; "A weathered old hut"

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Wikipedia
Weather (disambiguation)

The weather is the varied phenomena that can occur in the atmosphere of a planet. It may also refer to:

  • "The Weather", a song by Built to Spill from their 2001 album Ancient Melodies of the Future
  • The Weather Channel, an all weather network owned by NBC.
  • The Weather is a 2003 hip hop album by Busdriver, Radioinactive and Daedelus
  • Weather, a short story by Alastair Reynolds in his collection Galactic North, set in his Revelation Space universe
Weather (album)

Weather is the 9th studio album by American singer Meshell Ndegeocello, released on 15 November 2011, on Naïve label.

Weather

Weather is the state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. Most weather phenomena occur in the troposphere, just below the stratosphere. Weather refers to day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity, whereas climate is the term for the statistics of atmospheric conditions over longer periods of time. When used without qualification, "weather" is generally understood to mean the weather of Earth.

Weather is driven by air pressure, temperature and moisture differences between one place and another. These differences can occur due to the sun's angle at any particular spot, which varies by latitude from the tropics. The strong temperature contrast between polar and tropical air gives rise to the jet stream. Weather systems in the mid-latitudes, such as extratropical cyclones, are caused by instabilities of the jet stream flow. Because the Earth's axis is tilted relative to its orbital plane, sunlight is incident at different angles at different times of the year. On Earth's surface, temperatures usually range ±40 °C (−40 °F to 100 °F) annually. Over thousands of years, changes in Earth's orbit can affect the amount and distribution of solar energy received by the Earth, thus influencing long-term climate and global climate change.

Surface temperature differences in turn cause pressure differences. Higher altitudes are cooler than lower altitudes due to differences in compressional heating. Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a future time and a given location. The system is a chaotic system; so small changes to one part of the system can grow to have large effects on the system as a whole. Human attempts to control the weather have occurred throughout human history, and there is evidence that human activities such as agriculture and industry have modified weather patterns.

Studying how the weather works on other planets has been helpful in understanding how weather works on Earth. A famous landmark in the Solar System, Jupiter's Great Red Spot, is an anticyclonic storm known to have existed for at least 300 years. However, weather is not limited to planetary bodies. A star's corona is constantly being lost to space, creating what is essentially a very thin atmosphere throughout the Solar System. The movement of mass ejected from the Sun is known as the solar wind.

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Usage examples of "weather".

It was warm in the sunlight, the weather accursedly benign, a scattering of soft clouds.

The difficultie and danger he told the Salvaves, of the Mines, great gunnes, and other Engins, exceedingly affrighted them, yet according to his request they went to James towne in as bitter weather as could be of frost and snow, and within three days returned with an answer.

Every hybridizer knows how unfavourable exposure to wet is to the fertilisation of a flower, yet what a multitude of flowers have their anthers and stigmas fully exposed to the weather!

It was a young, vigorous depression and pulled the cold front eastwards after it, leaving England to enjoy a period of anticyclonic weather.

On either side were fallen columns and architraves whose carvings were too weathered for Garric to be quite sure of their subject.

The scenery, however, was beautiful, the weather so perfect, and he enjoyed his rambles among the hills and his excursions on the water so thoroughly that he was already growing slightly forgetful of his purpose and satisfied that he could enjoy himself a few weeks without the zest of artistically redeeming the face of Ida Mayhew.

The fisherfolk believed that the world was packed with spirits which controlled everything from the weather to the flowering of the least of the epiphytic plants of the banyan shoals.

Daon Ramon wore snow rime like snagged silk around weathered rims of bared rock.

On the hill someone had lashed together a crucifix of branches, barkless and polished by the weather.

We watched the weather all through that awful night, and kept an eye on the barometer, to be prepared for the least change.

Both trawlers had reported a big swell still running from the north, but the wind backing westerly and the barometric pressure 2 to 3 millibars lower than the weather map indicated in that area.

Long years at sea, standing watch on the bridges of ships, had taught me the value of that instrument, what those small changes of barometric pressure could mean translated into physical terms of weather.

In the two cases given, if the change of weather follows immediately the movement of the barometrical column, that change will last only a very short time.

Besides the barometrical column fell again almost immediately, and nothing could inspire any hope of the end of that bad weather within a short period.

Bay the weather worsened steadily, and at last it came to be a choice between battening down the hatches both forward and aft, or being incontinently swamped.