weather window

Favorable conditions interval

A weather window is a period when conditions are favorable for an activity that depends on good weather.

Climbers wait for a weather window to attempt a summit.

Sailors plan ocean crossings around weather windows.

The term implies a limited opportunity: We have a three-day weather window before the next storm system moves in.

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temporal opportunity

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Pause due to conditions

foul weather · bad weather · storm system · rough weather · hazardous conditions

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