On the other hand, given the truly appalling weather, perhaps they had no reason to be cautious.

We would have liked to look at Kharkov, but the appalling weather kept us indoors.

The commanding officer of the operation chose a moment of appalling weather to launch his offensive.

The tour was dogged by appalling weather: cold, rain and snow.

During the weeks that followed, they experienced appalling winter weather - 60 mile an hour winds, turning the salt spray to ice.

We've had simply appalling weather lately, she wrote.

Most of Kuusamo had appalling weather through most of the winter.

They trooped downstairs and out into the appalling weather.

The sum was raised at a model aircraft flying display that was all but washed out through appalling weather.

At any one time there were three hundred people patiently waiting in the most appalling weather.