21.   With its passage, rain will end and skies will brighten from the central Appalachians to the eastern Ohio Valley.

22.   Even though skies brightened in the afternoon, umpires Steve Bucknor and B.C. Cooray were not optimistic about the possibility of play.

23.   Skies will brighten this afternoon as Bonnie moves farther away from the local islands and drier air begins to move in through Sunday.

24.   The skies are brightening in Brindisi, Italy, as rescue aircraft and backup take off.

25.   The skies brightened later, and the weather services said it had six planes seeding clouds south of Moscow to disperse them.