Soyuz landing and recovery options

courtesy Keith Cowing's site:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=16330

ISS On-Orbit Status (April 24): "Because of the currently wet and muddy
ground conditions in the general landing zone, landing forces are
considering three scenarios (which do not involve the Soyuz landing process
itself):

(a) if conditions at the landing site are too muddy for the usual
post-landing ops, the SAR (Search-and-Rescue) helicopters will take the crew
to Arkalyk (~85 km) for the standard post-landing process;

(b) if conditions are muddy but workable, a reduced SAR force will land and
de-suit the crew;

(c) if the ground is dry, a normal SAR landing force will be deployed and
conduct normal landing ops."

Weather forecast is for rainy, overcast, cold (just above freezing). Landing
is two hours before sunrise.