21.   Stormy weather prevented the pilot from making a visual approach and forced him to rely on instruments.

22.   The chilly weather prevented him from throwing his forkball Sunday, but he used his slider, fastball and changeup to coast through four innings with two strikeouts.

23.   The league has made exceptions in the past for teams approaching sellouts during holidays or when unusual weather might have prevented travel to a ticket office.

24.   The police news release suggested that the weather had prevented officers from conducting a search.

25.   The weather might prevent helicopters from going up to shoot live.

26.   Virtually all visitors must first go to Lima and fly to the Andean city of Cusco early in the morning because stormy weather prevents afternoon flights.

27.   Wet weather prevented the planting of large amounts of corn, especially in the eastern corn belt, which meant fewer fertilizer sales, the company said.

28.   Yesterday the weather prevented them from coming across.

29.   A flood warning was issued Friday for parts of southeastern Poland as snow melted in the mountains, but officials said colder weather should prevent widespread flooding.

30.   An earlier Coast Guard report that poor weather had prevented the reattachment was incorrect, Millan said.