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Originally posted by Chemley
On to the topic. I have noticed that the weather has just gotten plain weird in middle america over the last couple of years.
Originally posted by dragonking76
reply to post by OzWeatherman
If you're really a Meteorologist Oz.. please enlighten us on how this is normal weather. I have lived where I am for about 6 years (which isn't that long, I concur). To me it's been odd... usually we have pop-up storms here due to the heat and humidity... and we haven't this year as of yet.
Originally posted by dragonking76
reply to post by OzWeatherman
I've heard of El Nino back when it was a "new thing." or seemed to be. Something off in the Pacific... near the coast of California.
How long has meterological data been kept? I know they had something when Camile hit in the 60's. That would be 50 years now.. which I agree isn't very much time in the scale of things.
By pop up storms I mean during a hot summer day here in the Southeast.. if it's hot enough, usually storms will occur.. isolated... like kernals of corn heatin up in oil, but just hot enough that some of them will pop into popcorn.... not all of them.
Originally posted by OzWeatherman
Yep, they are pulse storms, but its not just heat that plays a factor in their development