The stadium had developed numerous structural problems, particularly in the lower bowl, caused by age and the continually moist weather.
It was in moist and wet weather that the volcano was most violent.
The caps are often sticky and appear slimy looking, particularly in moist weather.
But the stamps were fragile things to be passed from hand-to-hand and in moist weather they often stuck together.
"I like moist, hot weather - it justs makes me feel better," she said.
The moist weather seemed to have affected it little; it was, if anything, torpid.
The surface of the cap is sticky, especially in moist weather, and smooth, while the margin often has striations.
The cap skin is bare, greasy in moist weather and slightly shiny when dry.
Only the arrival of cool and moist weather in the late autumn brought the fires to an end.
All of these thrive in cold moist weather.