Hey mdklatt or any other meteorology-knowing-about-people

[Widescreen]

Why the heck isn't Texas getting any rain???????

[Mjcpr]

Should be coming down as sleet. You know, what with hell freezing over last week and everything.

[KABOOKIE]

No moisture in the air couple with lack of a suitable lifting force.

[1stTimeCaller]

there are no rain clouds overhead, duhhhhhhhh

[Widescreen]

Should be coming down as sleet. You know, what with hell freezing over last week and everything.

This thread wasn't titled "Hey Pat or any other broken-garage-door-knowing-about-people".

[Mjcpr]

This thread wasn't titled "Hey Pat or any other broken-garage-door-knowing-about-people".

Time to admonish 1TC too then.

There will be others I'm sure.

[mdklatt]

Why the heck isn't Texas getting any rain???????

We're downstream of a persistent upper-level ridge.

[Widescreen]

Time to admonish 1TC too then.

There will be others I'm sure.

Nah. They're not nearly as much fun to admonish.

[handcrafted]

The good news is the the upper level ridge broke down; the bad news is that the flow is pretty zonal.

I'm not sure, but I think md just posted something NSFW.

[Mjcpr]

Nah. They're not nearly as much fun to polish.

Sick.

[mdklatt]

I'm not sure, but I think md just posted something NSFW.

Dammit, wasn't quick enough with my edit.

[Howzit]

We're downstream of a persistent upper-level ridge.

Beat me to it.

[Widescreen]

Dammit, wasn't quick enough with my edit.

I actually didn't understand either answer. Cypherin and sky-watchin are hard.

[KABOOKIE]

Time to admonish 1TC too then.

There will be others I'm sure.

Rain showers, golden showers...... You know.

[1stTimeCaller]

Time to admonish 1TC too then.

There will be others I'm sure.

why you being a tattletale?

[1stTimeCaller]

Rain showers, golden showers...... You know.

whatever makes the grass grow if ya know what I'm sayin!!!!!!#211!!!!!!!

[Soonerbabeinbama]

i think it has something to do with the whorns

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Pat Robertson said it was because of those Homo's in Austin and this is God's wrath

[mdklatt]

I actually didn't understand either answer. Cypherin and sky-watchin are hard.

You know what the jet stream is, right? In order to get really good weather (storms and ****) the jet stream has to dip southward just upstream of us. This is called a trough, and it causes rising motion in the atmosphere (don't ask) and southeast winds to bring in moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. We have the opposite situation right now: ridging from Montana to New Mexico.

The jet stream moves around like a sine curve, alternating ridges and troughs, just like ocean waves. Usually these waves move eastward, but sometimes they stagnate and the troughs and ridges hang around for awhile. A ridge is just the area between two troughs (and vice versa), so while we're getting dry weather they're getting unsettled weather on the coasts.

[Widescreen]

You know what the jet stream is, right?

OK, that was a good explanation. So the next question is what are you and your peeps gonna do about it? We need rain!!!!11!!!!!11!!