1.   The wind off the beach was so powerful it was difficult to hold the Land-Rover in lane.

2.   An east wind off the ocean will cause snow to mix with and change to rain along the coast and also in southwest Virginia.

3.   Another factor was the Ranger power play, cold as a gust of wind off Lake Michigan.

4.   Accumulations could be locally heavy, mainly in northeast Minnesota, where easterly winds off Lake Superior inject additional moisture.

5.   All that is gone, replaced by Pac Bell Park, a gorgeous edifice in downtown San Francisco, where the chill winds off Candlestick Point are not prevalent.

6.   During rainstorms, he sometimes dashes without an umbrella between buildings on the Northwestern University campus here, even as the wind off Lake Michigan musses his hair.

7.   Exposed to prevailing winds off the Pacific, the coastal town of Eureka, Calif., has one of the most constant climates in the nation.

8.   Exposed to prevailing winds off the cool waters of the Pacific, most locations along the immediate West Coast have an equable climate.

9.   In the Far West, areas of rain and mountain snows will prevail in the Pacific Northwest, where winds off the Pacific continue to deliver moisture.

10.   Much of the West will have abundant sun, though clouds will increase along the coast of Washington as winds off the water direct moist air ashore.