This is a major change in the weather pattern. A low-pressure system is setting up over the West for the first time all season.

The weather then will determine the success of the season. Most years there's a warm spell at some point. This year has been warmer than usual.

We are just abusing ourselves with our schedule this year. But with the way the weather has been, I'm glad we're leaving town and going where it's warm.

I am completely focused on accepting the things I can not change, and I can not change the weather and player injuries. But when we have the luxury and privilege of having a combined men?s and women?s tournament for the first time, and we have a Connecticut native who is on his way back up after some struggles, who brings a group of fans who give this stadium an almost-Davis Cup feel, I feel lucky. I feel grateful.

A rapid change of weather forced several rocks to tumble and slide down the gradient. The rocks hit a group of tourists who were en route to the peak and three were killed.

It's a very unpredictable area. Weather can change on a heartbeat.