51.   Forecasters closely monitored the Atlantic waters off Florida for scattered rain showers that would prevent the astronauts from landing.

52.   Hurricane Dennis will continue to produce heavy rain showers and gusty winds from southeastern Virginia to northeast North Carolina on Tuesday.

53.   Hotels rooms were as rare as rain showers, directions were scarce, shelters were late in opening, families were split and worry was paramount.

54.   In addition, widely separated rain showers will accompany a jet stream disturbance as it moves across southern Arizona.

55.   In the past week, rain showers improved the outlook for crops in Colombia, according to Weather Services Corp., a private forecasting firm in Lexington, Massachusetts.

56.   In the wake of the Pacific system, snow whipped by high winds will buffet the highest elevations of the Rockies, with rain showers in the valleys.

57.   In the Northwest, a few rain showers will brush the Olympic peninsula while scattered snow showers occur in the Bitterroot Mountains.

58.   In the West, rain showers will linger near the Northwest Coast while snow falls on many west-facing mountains.

59.   Intermittent rain will fall near the coast, but the heaviest and most persistent rain showers are expected to remain offshore.