1.   By late afternoon, as winds diminished and rain dissipated, the city began to regain life.

2.   The rain dissipated in the sixth, but too late for the Mets, who, in retrospect, might have preferred a second-inning monsoon.

3.   Rain dissipated in the Northwest throughout the day, then picked up again while fog continued to shroud parts of the West.

4.   Heavy overnight rain had dissipated by the start of the events, but the track remained slick.