First of all, if you want it you can take ours. Secondly, the Pacific Northwest isn't getting the rain this year which is apparently connected to our issue. The cool arctic air usually dips down across the Northwest coast. Because the air is so cool, it can't hold much moisture so all the water it picks up from the ocean is dropped over the land. Typically, this means the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Northwest get the brunt of the moisture. As I understand it, (it was pretty early in the morning to be watching the weather channel) the air in the jet stream is dipping further east this year and the cool air is coming across the Great Lakes and then swinging up as usual across the Atlantic coast. Because the northern air flow and the southern air flow are so near each other it's causing some of the air to flow back over the northeast like a crashing wave. So the cool air comes down, picks up the moisture off the Great Lakes, drops it on the Northeast, goes out to the Atlantic, picks up more moisture, comes back inland and loses it again. And every so often a bit of warm air breaks in from the south (causing severe storms in the process) and pushes out the current system out, allowing for more cool wet air to come in. Eventually enough warm air will come into to shift the jet stream back into its normal position. When that happens it should bring some temperature relief (and rain) to the Midwest. Hopefully before Labor Day.
Living in the Seattle/Tacoma area it's been surprisingly beautiful here. It's been raining a little bit every week and I have been enjoying the nice weather because I know it's not gonna last and be back to the grey skys shortly.
Yes. I'm sick and tired of the rain. This has been one of the worst wint...I mean summers I can remember. Last year's was a bit worse though. Colder temps, a lot of overcast (like 9 days straight at one point) and when it did warm up, it shot straight to 90, and brought nasty storms with it. This year, it's been cooler, rainy, a few warm days, sparsely sunny, and just overall crappy. I can't take much more of this shit. I want my sunny, warm summer, and I want it RIGHT. FUCKING. NOW.
Everyday, more or less, for the last month... torrential downpours for at least an hour a day... That's peninsular FL for you though, at least we haven't gotten any hurricanes in a while
We haven't had a full day of sunshine here since June 18th, and it's been completely overcast for the last 8 or 9 days.
NY has been getting rain since the start of June. Thankfully, it's starting to move on and we're getting more sun.
No. Our grass is dying we've gone so long without rain. Finally got some last night, but we need more. Sucks oranges at night, cause the water people turn down the water pressure to conserve water and that's the time I shower. Very frustrating.
Getting a lot of rain here in Alberta, but we effing need the rain, we had a drought during the last week of June, farmers got hurt badly.
Central Texas drought worst in country | KXAN.com Sure, send it on down. I'm aware that the excess rain in New England and the lack of it in the Northwest are atypical. Historically, this is not the case, thus I would still vastly prefer the climate of the Pacific Northwest to Central Texas'. Give me rain over 107 degrees any day.
