Sentences with phrase «in storm conditions»

The most significant and perhaps most deadly obstacle will require Webber to maneuver the 30 - foot life boat through violent surf crashing over shallow sand bars just off shore; passing through to open water has never been successfully executed in storm conditions.

Not exact matches

A winter storm is traveling up the east coast of the United States dumping snow and creating blizzard like conditions in many areas.

Airports across the country are seeing lines balloon in size, thanks to a «perfect storm» of conditions — the number of airline passengers has increased to 700 million; there's massive attrition of TSA security screeners each week; TSA has cut staff by 10 percent over the last three years; and not enough passengers have enrolled in TSA's PreCheck program, the Associated Press reports.

The U.S. economy added 261,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate was 4.1 percent as labor conditions returned to normal following the storm - weakened September.

Bill Gross thinks conditions are ripe for a significant liquidity crisis in the markets, and he points a finger at his old firm for its potential to be at the center of the storm.

Tropical storm and hurricane - strength conditions are expected to begin in Florida around 2 pm on Saturday and continue into Sunday.

Rubin's decision to share his story about financial losses at Goldman Sachs where he «weathered the storm» using his magical existential thinking stands in contrast to Citigroup's condition with Rubin as the long - tenured Chair of the Executive Committee.

** The president and chief executive officer of the Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan is forecasting choppy investing conditions for the rest of this year, but says the fund is in a solid position to weather any storms.

Without limiting the foregoing, under no circumstances shall the Company be held liable for any delay or failure in performance resulting directly or indirectly from acts of nature, forces, or causes beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, Internet failures, computer equipment failures, telecommunication equipment failures, other equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labour disputes, riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labour or materials, fires, floods, storms, explosions, acts of God, war, governmental actions, orders of domestic or foreign courts or tribunals, non-performance of 3rd - parties, or loss of or fluctuations in heat, light, or air conditioning.

«16 Landlessness is a condition of being «at sea» and that is where we are, and in a rising storm.

I still kept a round of duties, and would not suffer myself to run into any open vices, and so got along very well in time of health and prosperity, but when I was distressed or threatened by sickness, death, or heavy storms of thunder, my religion would not do, and I found there was something wanting, and would begin to repent my going so much to frolics, but when the distress was over, the devil and my own wicked heart, with the solicitations of my associates, and my fondness for young company, were such strong allurements, I would again give way, and thus I got to be very wild and rude, at the same time kept up my rounds of secret prayer and reading; but God, not willing I should destroy myself, still followed me with his calls, and moved with such power upon my conscience, that I could not satisfy myself with my diversions, and in the midst of my mirth sometimes would have such a sense of my lost and undone condition, that I would wish myself from the company, and after it was over, when I went home, would make many promises that I would attend no more on these frolics, and would beg forgiveness for hours and hours; but when I came to have the temptation again, I would give way: no sooner would I hear the music and drink a glass of wine, but I would find my mind elevated and soon proceed to any sort of merriment or diversion, that I thought was not debauched or openly vicious; but when I returned from my carnal mirth I felt as guilty as ever, and could sometimes not close my eyes for some hours after I had gone to my bed.

Under primitive conditions man was so at the mercy of wind and storm, heat and cold, drought and rain, mysterious diseases and unpredictable disasters, that the first, natural explanation of his good or evil fortune was sought in the will of superhuman forces.

After Sophocles, Shakespeare, and Stevens we are well prepared for the «sensitive dependence on initial conditions» that in chaos theory is given the poetic name of the Butterfly Effect: «the notion that a butterfly stirring the air today in Peking can transform storm systems next month in New York.»

«An unprecedented condition calls for new means to rescue agriculture,» Roosevelt said as dust storms devastated fields in Oklahoma.

Conditions were ideal for Cabernet Sauvignon in particular until heavy storms hit in October.

Luckily, storm conditions subsided just in time.

Or it could be that the confluence of what teams needed and their order in the draft somehow created a perfect storm of conditions that no one could or would pick her particular style of center forward.

The blustery and soaking conditions weren't ideal, but as Chelsea sat back, Arsenal couldn't whip up a storm to break through the visitors» bus in front of the goal.

The third major nor» easter in two weeks started to slam the storm - battered Northeast this morning with blizzard conditions expected in some areas.

Cuomo added that those needing to brave the storm should know they were putting themselves and others at risk in the extreme weather conditions.

«We're preparing for a significant storm on Tuesday, and New Yorkers should also prepare for snow and dangerous road conditions,» said Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement.

«As Mother Nature once again tests our great state, we have taken proactive measures in anticipation of the storm's heavy, wet snow that could impact power lines and cause dangerous travel conditions,» Cuomo said.

New York has finalized guidelines for commercial fishing boats seeking safe harbor in storms and other adverse conditions, eight months after the state lost a court case against one East End fisherman because the rules weren't in writing.

A source, who spoke to one of our correspondents on condition of anonymity, said, «There were coordinated attacks on five communities by the well - armed herdsmen who stormed our villages in large number, around 10 pm to 4 am.

MATH GETS REAL Chaos theory explains why it's so difficult to predict weather — a small change in conditions at any point in time can have a large effect on future conditions in, for example, a hurricane's trajectory (Tropical Storm Harvey shown).

The conditions in Philadelphia created the perfect storm for an outbreak.

They make the journey to Baikal because the lake's combination of storm - free waters, and — in the winter — a 1 - metre - thick ice platform, provide ideal conditions for studying the icy crystals below.

«This winter I will simply enjoy the harsh weather conditions in Antarctica, and as soon as I am back in Europe, I'll think back to storm events that I had the chance to experience down here.»

The difference is that in weather forecasting, meteorologists try to predict conditions, such as major storms, at specific places and times.

«We've shown that under clean and humid conditions, like those that exist over the ocean and some land in the tropics, tiny aerosols have a big impact on weather and climate and can intensify storms a great deal,» said Fan, an expert on the effects of pollution on storms and weather.

«The microbiome of a dust storm originating in the Sahara is different from one blowing in from the Saudi or Syrian deserts, and we can see the fit between the bacterial population and the environmental conditions existing in each area.»

They estimated the levels of devastating storm surges occurring in these cities with odds of 1 in 10,000 in an average year, under current climate conditions.

It's called the polar jet stream, and as it writhes eastward across the North American continent, it can bring storms in its wake or herald an unseasonable change in temperature — north of the jet stream lies cold, Arctic air, while to its south are warmer conditions.

That shift caused warmer temperatures in the north - west US, fewer storms in the south - east, and reduced precipitation in the west — conditions that persisted for about a decade.

A large storm will form and stall over the Van, Turkey, area this week, bringing in chilly and unsettled conditions

This past June scientists at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi reported that the eyewall's extreme conditions can stir up ocean currents 300 feet below the surface, disrupting sediment and organisms on the seafloor for as long as a week after the storm subsides.

Conventional methods of weather forecasting concentrate primarily on analyzing conditions in the troposphere, the lowest layer of the atmosphere where clouds and storms appear.

Their analysis showed that the tendency of storm tracks to veer in the direction of the poles intensifies in warmer conditions.

Now, a new study shows that El Niño and La Niña conditions can also help predict the frequency of tornadoes and hail storms in some of the most susceptible regions of the United States.

Per Høeg hopes that the work at DTU Space in addition to ensuring better understanding of the phenomenon can help in the development and operation of communications and navigation systems, and account for the conditions during geomagnetic storms so that aircraft and shipping can operate efficiently and safely in the area.

In recent weeks, researchers from IRI and other institutions have detected El Niño conditions over the Pacific, which implies that this spring will be a relatively quiet one for severe storms in the southern United StateIn recent weeks, researchers from IRI and other institutions have detected El Niño conditions over the Pacific, which implies that this spring will be a relatively quiet one for severe storms in the southern United Statein the southern United States.

That storm initially threw a wrench into plans for scientists to get a snapshot of microbial life under normal, hyperarid conditions in the Atacama.

During La Niña, both vertical wind shear and surface warmth and moisture increase significantly in the southern states, making conditions favorable to severe storm occurrence.

In the case of Saturn, the planet's atmospheric conditions and storm activity are within the range that would generate a large polar cyclone.

El Niño conditions can also curb the formation of powerful storms, and with no El Niño in the picture in 2017 — and with warmer - than - average ocean waters — last year's Atlantic hurricane season was unusually active.

She found that in anoxic conditions, when there is no oxygen in the bottom layers of the Chesapeake Bay's waters, dissolved methane built up, probably coming from the mud, and when storms mixed up the invisible layers of the Bay's waters, the methane made it to the surface and into the atmosphere.

A major shift in atmospheric dynamics occurred during the mid-Holocene, when winter storm tracks switched and produced wetter and colder conditions in northwestern Europe, and the expansion of a Mediterranean - type climate toward southeastern Europe.

At least one study of storm - ravaged areas in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi suggests that mental - health conditions, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, worsened over time.

«We're currently seeing tropical storm conditions in North Carolina even though the center of circulation is 250 miles to the southeast.»

It's the unique lab facility where they can recreate the conditions found in a Category 5 storm.