31.   The national weather service here said that the worst had passed and that the weather should improve in the next few days.

32.   The recovery operation was expected to resume Thursday, if the weather improves.

33.   The situation would improve as the weather improved, he said.

34.   The weather improved the next day.

35.   The weather has improved.

36.   U.S. military officials here are bracing for what they fear will be a new upsurge in refugees now that the weather has improved.

37.   Police said light rain was falling and visibility was poor at the time of the crash, but the weather had improved several hours later.

38.   Police said rain was falling and visibility was poor at the time of the crash, but the weather had improved several hours later.

39.   Airline officials said they were hoping the weather improves by Thursday so that the plane could make it from Prague to Warsaw and then take off for New York.

40.   Although many people will return on their own, he acknowledged, the refugee agency does not plan an organized return until spring when the weather improves.