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...layers above it, water can condense out as a sudden burst of rain, especially if there are few frontal systems to disrupt the layers, as in summer. In a spot storm above a city or just downwind of it, it's likely that nature alone isn't behind the downpour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Cities Make Their Own Weather | 8/11/2003 | See Source »

...next four weeks. The clubs are superior to any I have ever visited, the clothes are cheaper and the drinking age is 18. I will spend this July 4 continuing to immerse myself in the Spanish culture and appreciating my American roots even more. There will be no downpour, no fireworks and no Americans—but there probably will be a meal at McDonald’s, complete with tapas and beer, because I can’t order that at home...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, | Title: Becoming a Patriot in Spain | 7/3/2003 | See Source »

...races were rescheduled for earlier in the day to avoid a late April downpour forecast for the afternoon. The early times didn’t help the team in its second race in two days...

Author: By John R. Hein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No. 3 W. Heavies Beats UVA and Yale, Falls to No. 8 Brown | 4/28/2003 | See Source »

...camera tends to wobble as he follows the student tour guides. But Kramon's tapes offer a verisimilitude that schools may not appreciate. Rather than focus on students contemplating Plato on a sun-speckled lawn, his University of Michigan tape shows them dashing across campus trying to escape a downpour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Almost Academia | 4/14/2003 | See Source »

...three soggy campers had wrapped themselves in garbage bags and were huddled under a rickety awning, waiting out the downpour. They were spotted by Ryan McKenzie, 19, who had spent the morning of March 4 rock-climbing with two friends high in the coastal mountains, 35 miles north of San Diego. Ryan was retreating from the rain when he saw the trio and offered them a lift back to civilization. The six packed into a 1990 Subaru, and Ryan's friend Becca was worried that there weren't enough seat belts to go around. "I hope the cops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Missing Nine Months | 3/24/2003 | See Source »

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