Weather can change the mechanical nature of the airplane, can change anything, so you have to be ready for anything as a pilot.

We're really at the mercy of Mother Nature. Unless we have a miraculous change in the weather, I think we can look forward to several tough weeks ahead of us.

The implication is that raw winter weather may have depressed starts last month, particularly late in the month. Even so, starts remained above the 2003 average [of] 1.85 million [units].

The weather increased the erratic nature of the report. Places like Florida saw building delays in November, and now they're catching up in December.

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.

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.