1.   Plentiful moisture in the extreme northern latitudes, for example, is rendered useless by severe winter frost and an abbreviated growing season.

2.   The favorable elements include warm ocean water, conducive atmospheric winds and plentiful moisture.

3.   The U.S. winter wheat harvest now underway is turning out better than previously thought as the maturing crop benefited from plentiful moisture and good weather, government figures showed.

4.   This feature continues to pull plentiful upper level moisture from Central America northeast across the local area to produce the broken to overcast high clouds.