• Network Rail said there were "no significant weather-related delays in the West Midlands".

    BBC: West Midlands drivers delayed due to weather

  • Everyone now recognizes there was some significant severe weather impact on the business component of how many people were on the job working, and we will learn more about this report from the next two jobs reports than perhaps this report itself tells us.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • The weather is significant for the overall economy as more than half of India's workforce is employed in agriculture and their spendings on various goods and services depend to a large extent on a bountiful monsoon.

    WSJ: Rains to Lash Drought-Hit Western India

  • According to the British Airport Authority (BAA), which operates many of the UK's major airports, the adverse weather has caused significant disruption to airports in the south-east of the country in particular.

    CNN: Heavy snow brings travel chaos to Britain

  • The conditions will have "a significant impact on travel, " the weather service warned.

    CNN: 30 million in path of winter storm

  • The weather seemed unlikely to cause any significant delays in most parts of the country.

    NPR: Americans Take Off for Thanksgiving

  • And of course the cold weather and remote location stand as significant deterrents to a strong business climate.

    FORBES: The Worst States For Business

  • The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning across Yorkshire and said "significant snow accumulations" were likely on higher ground.

    BBC: Heavy snow leads to disruption

  • The cold weather is set to continue, with "significant snow" expected across Wales on Friday.

    BBC: Weather Wales: Blizzard warning as cold sets in

  • As spring approaches in the Northern Hemisphere, warmer weather, sunnier skies and often still-significant snowfall continue to draw skiers and boarders to the slopes.

    BBC: The ski gear that could save lives

  • The weather has caused massive crop failures, driving a significant spike in the price of corn.

    CNN: 'Meatless Monday' too hot a potato for USDA

  • At the time it came down, the weather was good with no storm rolling through or significant winds, added fellow police Constable Harrison Ford.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Scientists recently discovered that once the snow melts in the Earth's northern forests, the surface releases a significant amount of heat into the overlying atmosphere that influences global weather systems.

    BBC: Earthshine map helps predict weather

  • The bonuses were granted for guiding the company through "significant challenges in 2012, " including Sandy, other bad weather and a strike, a proxy statement for Con Ed's annual meeting said.

    WSJ: Facing probe, Con Ed execs return Sandy bonuses

  • "We also think that Polaris has the financial strength to weather the downturn, as the company has no significant debt due until 2011, " says Hare, noting that Polaris can pay off short-term obligations with its strong free cash flow.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • On this occasion, the most significant reason given for the disruption was that it was the first major weather event since the introduction of alternate weekly refuse collections.

    BBC: Household rubbish piled up outside a house in Cheltenham

  • During the last few decades a significant amount of research has been conducted into the relationship between mood and weather, scientists looking for a link between atmospheric condition and personal disposition.

    BBC: Does sunshine make us happier?

  • "The course is currently under a blanket of snow and frozen underneath in places and we do not feel that the current weather, and the forecast over the next 24 hours, will allow any significant improvement, " he said.

    BBC: West Yorkshire escapes worst of snowfall

  • First of all, the helicopter is actually anchored to the ground during installation, so the spool must be engineered properly to avoid any significant tension in the line or the helicopter will be in jeopardy, especially in unstable weather conditions.

    FORBES: Startup Aims To Install Pipelines With Helicopters...Seriously!

  • The figures also showed a significant increase in road accidents during December, which Mr Cook said was mainly due to severe weather.

    BBC: Festive breath test arrests rise in County Durham

  • Ever scanning weather reports for big waves, surfers are also famously loyal, whether to their significant other or one another, especially when in the water.

    FORBES: Wipeouts the Norm, the Surfing Industry Grows (Up)

  • But in Hong Kong, which has comparable tropical weather patterns to Indonesia, nearly one in 500 arriving and departing flights have reported significant wind shear at the international airport since its opening in 1998, according to the Hong Kong Observatory's website.

    WSJ: Weather Scrutinized as Possible Cause of Lion Air Crash

  • The National Weather Service issued a rare tornado emergency for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, meaning that significant and widespread damage and fatalities were likely.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • Although temperatures and weather conditions have been generally mild over about the past 150 years, we should remember that significant fluctuations are normal.

    FORBES: Gullible Warming: A Contrived Crisis That Is Too Good To Waste

  • Studies of weather-related mortality have found that with heat-related deaths there tends to be a significant level of death "displacement" - put bluntly those who were likely to die anyway simply died sooner, so the period after a heat wave tends to see fewer than average deaths.

    BBC: How cold turns up the heat on health

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