1.   Before these rains materialize, scattered showers will develop near a cool front across the Middle West, the upper Mississippi Valley and the western Great Lakes.

2.   Chiellini said the predicted rain was already materializing as showers in neighboring Lenoir County early Monday afternoon.

3.   If widespread heavy rains materialize, it can only aggravate problems in flood-stricken areas.

4.   The season typically ends in June in many Southern states and in July through the Southwest, when heavy rains materialize.

5.   Unless more rain materializes, the price is likely to shoot back up again, Ganes said.

6.   Worries over bad weather nearly delayed the launch further, but anticipated clouds and rain did not materialize in time to cancel the liftoff.