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  2. Weather-related cancellation - Wikipedia

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    A weather cancellation or delay is closure, cancellation, or delay of an institution, operation, or event as a result of inclement weather. Certain institutions, such as schools, are likely to close when bad weather, such as snow, flooding, air pollution , tropical cyclones , or extreme heat , causes power outages , or otherwise impedes public ...

  3. Severe weather terminology (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Severe weather statement SVS – A statement issued to provide updated information for active severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings to the public and emergency managers, with revised information including reports of observed severe weather and the approximate location of the storm cell (as indicated by the most recently updated NEXRAD data ...

  4. School delays and closures: How superintendents decide to ...

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    Winter weather may bring freezing temperatures and driving conditions that can delay or cancel school operations, but who makes the decisions and how do they make the final call? Cancellations or ...

  5. Severe weather - Wikipedia

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    Severe weather is one type of extreme weather, which includes unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal weather and is by definition rare for that location or time of the year. [5] Due to the effects of climate change , the frequency and intensity of some of the extreme weather events are increasing, for example, heatwaves and droughts .

  6. Rainout (sports) - Wikipedia

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    Games can also be delayed or canceled for other forms of inclement weather, or if the field is found to be unfit for play. While rain is the most common cause of cancellations or stoppages of play, games have been canceled for other reasons; several spring training games, as well as a 2009 Houston Astros - San Diego Padres regular-season game ...

  7. Glossary of geography terms (A–M) - Wikipedia

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    Also amphidrome and tidal node. A geographical location where there is little or no tide, i.e. where the tidal amplitude is zero or nearly zero because the height of sea level does not change appreciably over time (meaning there is no high tide or low tide), and around which a tidal crest circulates once per tidal period (approximately every 12 hours). Tidal amplitude increases, though not ...

  8. US airlines cancel over 2,000 flights due to massive winter storm

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    Southwest Airlines led the list of cancellations with 401 flights, followed by SkyWest at 358. "We expect some operational challenges due to the weather in the Midwest today and potentially ...

  9. List of severe weather phenomena - Wikipedia

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    Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and (in the event of severe, precipitation-based events) instability in the atmosphere.