1.   -- Unseasonable warm weather that saw an increase in the use of air conditioners, especially in the Central Valley.

2.   Climatologists attribute the unseasonable weather to the El Nino hangover.

3.   Department store sales slumped in recent months as unseasonable weather hurt purchases of clothing.

4.   In the last two quarters, many retailers have attributed lackluster results to unseasonable weather.

5.   Last week, big retail chains generally posted mixed results for April, blaming unseasonable weather and an early Easter.

6.   More than once the Basement has blamed unseasonable weather for hurting the sales of winter or summer clothing.

7.   Nonetheless, she admitted that the unseasonable weather drained some of the sport out of her work.

8.   The effect of these union disputes on flight schedules have been compounded by the busy summer travel season, air traffic control problems and unseasonable weather.

9.   The reasons range from unseasonable weather in many parts of the country to consumers deciding to eat more meals away from home.

10.   The unseasonable weather is not entirely unwelcome in these parts.