the weather had turned wet and cold.

He looked out through windowpanes turned a faint violet by sun and weather, looked out at King's Bridge toward Westchester.

Sometime earlier the weather had turned cold and it was snowing.

The women wore the skin of seal or sea-otter and the men wore bird skin parkas, the feathers turned in or out depending on the weather.

The Germans launched a surprise counter offensive in the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 which was turned back in early 1945 by the Allies after Eisenhower repositioned his armies and improved weather allowed the Air Force to engage.

The tide turned in December 1941, when the invasion of Russia stalled in cold weather and the United States joined the war.

While 1631 turned out to be a very good season, the following year, due to the weather and ice, only eight whales were caught.

If weather helm builds further, it can limit the ability of the helmsman to steer the boat, which can be turned towards but not effectively away from the wind.

As the weather turned colder and rations grew smaller, many soldiers became sick, and groups of men began to leave, most without permission.

Although the victory briefly uplifted the Texian troops, morale continued to fall as the weather turned colder and the men grew bored.

Eventually, the expedition turned back upon discovering that unexpected weather had left the Kara Sea frozen.

Opening on 1 October, the Battle of Le Transloy became bogged down as the weather broke, and heavy rain turned the churned battlefield into a quagmire.

By the time they could turn their attention to the colonists, the weather had turned bad and they were forced to return without even making it to Roanoke Island.

Critics decried poorly planned transportation which left spectators waiting for hours in freezing weather, and some athletes complained about lousy accommodations at the Olympic village, where the dorms would later be turned into a prison.

" The night after Hyatt's report, the " weather turned unusually cool, and the men got very little sleep.

At one point they were only 130 kilometres apart, but Charles gave up because he needed supplies, and turned south into Ukraine in search of grain and better weather.

The weather turned very cold in the early months of 1979 with blizzards and deep snow, and it became the coldest since 1962 – 63, which added to people's misery.

Military operations were generally successful, but prolonged, so the forces did not withdraw to the north as was customary when the weather turned hot.

The weather was foul, very cold with incessant rains that turned to ice.

Meanwhile, the Mexican American War delayed rescue attempts from California, although family members and authorities in California tried to reach the stranded pioneers but were turned back by harsh weather.

The good weather held for the entire crossing, which could easily have turned into a disaster, if it had not.

Eventually, the weather had turned savagely cold, and most American units had no training and inadequate equipment for the bitter temperatures.

Bad weather and wrecked boats spoiled much of the expedition's food stores, and about 500 men of the original 1, 100 died en route or turned back.

They were turned back by bad weather, however, and forced to return to Alexandria where they re-embarked upon the Abdiel to make another attempt.

The plants grow and bloom during the cool season when most other plants are dormant or other annuals are in seed form waiting for warmer weather to germinate.

If the air mass is colder than the ground below it, it is labeled k. If the air mass is warmer than the ground below it, it is labeled w. While air mass identification was originally used in weather forecasting during the 1950s, climatologists began to establish synoptic climatologies based on this idea in 1973.

The heavier weights are more appropriate for cooler weather, while the lighter weights would tend to be selected for warmer weather or for active use, such as Highland dancing.

In the winter the weather patterns alter each year ; usually winters are mildly cold with temperatures ranging from-7 ° C ( 19. 4 ° F ) to 4 ° C ( 39. 2 ° F ), but the winter season changes often to a more humid and warmer winter, or more continental and cold.

Over time, the warmer weather moved into the Paleozoic Era.

In temperate climates, cut roses are often grown in glasshouses, and in warmer countries they may also be grown under cover in order to ensure that the flowers are not damaged by weather and that pests and disease control can be carried out effectively.

Because of its southern and seagirt location, Jeju Island has warmer and milder weather than other parts of South Korea.

Schools and universities typically have a summer break to take advantage of the warmer weather and longer days.

This " shocks " the vine and delays budburst for up to two weeks, which is often long enough for warmer weather to arrive.

Rather than using Dijon clones, Washington vineyards are planted with clones developed at the University of California-Davis that are designed to take longer to ripen in the warmer weather of the state's wine regions.

However, the sailors change their minds when the weather becomes warmer and the mist disappears ("' Twas right, said they, such birds to slay / that bring the fog and mist ").

Second, the shift in settlement patterns was catalyzed by a marked change in the weather, particularly affecting the eastern desert, which grew warmer and drier, eventually becoming entirely uninhabitable for most of year.

However, such cold days can be followed by much warmer and sunny weather.

Note that an air source heat pump is more efficient in hotter climates than cooler ones, so when the weather is much warmer the unit will perform with a higher COP ( as it has less work to do ).

Severe weather occurs occasionally, with thunderstorms in the warmer months of the year and ice storms and snowfalls occurring on occasion in winter.

The earlier date and warmer weather brought huge crowds to the festival.

The Fulton War Memorial, a multipurpose group of buildings housing an exhibition hall / gymnasium and related ante-rooms as well as an adjacent covered arena ( used for ice skating and related sports in the winter and other events during warmer weather.

In this region of the Blue Ridge mountains an inversion of warm air, air may be warmer on the slopes than the base of a valley, particularly in the spring and fall, cause for longer periods of warm weather throughout the year and greater crop yields.

It is on the southern Oregon Coast, at the northern end of what coastal Oregonians call the Banana Belt, because the weather from Port Orford south is noticeably warmer than the weather north of nearby Cape Blanco.

The weather is temperate year-round, due to its location in the Isothermal Belt, a phenomenon that results when warmer air on the western side of the Appalachian Mountains blows over the mountains, leaving a trough where significant temperature inversions of 20 degrees Fahrenheit or greater can occur.

They emerge from hibernation with some remaining body fat to live on until the warmer spring weather produces abundant plant materials for food.

Fall hiking generally requires warmer clothing, an awareness of weather conditions, and earlier ascent times.