Thursday's qualifying had been postponed to Friday morning, and both practice sessions Friday night had been scuttled by rain, eliminating the chance to work under race conditions.
As the sun came out and the temperature topped 70 degrees after several days of overcast skies and occasional rain, Stephens eliminated No. 22 Ekaterina Makarova of Russia, 6-3, 6-4, while Halep beat 55th-ranked Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor of Spain, 6-3, 6-0.
When condensation conditions within 1 h of the last rain event were eliminated, there were still 498 h (corresponding to 13.0% of the time) on quartz pebbles and 316 h (8.2%) on the soil crust surface.
This is because indoor dust can potentially remain undisturbed for several years, and natural decomposition processed and catalyzed by natural light and rain are minimized or eliminated in indoor environments (Cizdziel and Hodge 2000).
"You're eliminating rain and moisture right away.
For those reasons, only clear-weather scintillation is accounted for in this project (impairments such as rain attenuation and noise are eliminated).
The system not only protects low-lying urban neighborhoods from flooding during heavy rains; it also eliminates the tidal influence of the surrounding seawater, creating a rain-fed supply of freshwater that currently meets ten per cent of Singapore's demand.
Qualitative: Family members related that their at-risk older driver had limited him or herself to driving during the day, in certain kinds of traffic, and in good weather (Sterns et al 1997, p 49); avoided driving in ice and snow (Kostyniuk and Shope 1998, p 9); reduced or eliminated night driving in the rain (Kostyniuk and Shope 1998, p 9); or pulled over in the rain (Burkhardt et al 1998, p 72).
Corn dropped as heavy rains in the Midwest all but eliminated concern about drought damage to newly planted crops.
West Indies were eliminated from the Champions Trophy when rain halted their clash against South Africa who reached the semi-finals after a thrilling tie.
