71.   Monsoonal moisture kept California and the West cloudy and wet Friday, while a cold front brought stormy weather to the northern Plains and Great Lakes region.

72.   More showers and thunderstorms were predicted through the Four Corners region and into New Mexico, bringing unsettled weather to most of the Southwest.

73.   Newly planted crops in the Midwest had been baking under hot, dry conditions for about two weeks before the weekend brought milder weather.

74.   Strong high pressure aloft and at the surface combined together to bring dry weather to the eastern Caribbean.

75.   The El Nino weather phenomenon may bring warmer weather to Japan and reduce snowfall in Nagano, site of the Winter Olympics next February, weathermen said Monday.

76.   The front was forecast to bring wet weather to an area stretching from Massachusetts to Florida, and along the Gulf Coast to eastern Texas.

77.   The low pressure system which brought severe weather to the central and southerain Plains Saturday night moved into the middle Mississippi Valley.

78.   This week has so far brought warmer weather to those regions.

79.   Winter typically brings rainy weather to California, but only northern and central parts of the state have seen any precipitation.

80.   Forecasters said a new storm front should move through the region but would bring dry weather behind it.