Global Wetting?

That’s what my friend Heywood at 95.9 The Ranch called it today. Of course, he’s kidding. But it has been a very wet fall. I’ve had so many people ask why has it been so wet lately.

The short answer…an unusually active  jet stream that’s been unusually far south for this time of year.

It could be a result of the weak El Nino pattern that breeds more frequent storm systems over the Pacific that translate across the U.S. and enhance the jet streams. This is another factor for the non-existent hurricane season (too much wind in the upper atmosphere over the Atlantic).

Also..the polar jet really never gave up it’s grip on the eastern US all summer, carving a persistent trough over the Great Lakes which kept the east in a wet, cool pattern up until early September. Seems that pattern is back. The polar trough when it sits in the east keeps a steady train of cold fronts diving south into Texas and the plains. Case in point, last weekend we had a record low high temperature of only 59 on Sunday.

Storm track across US today

So..this is definitely not “Global Warming”, it’s not “Global Anything”!

It’s Earth’s atmosphere, doing what it does best…keeping things balanced with cyclical changes in the patterns that bring heat north and cold south…and in the process bringing drought to some and flooding rain to others. Next month it could all change.For the next few days..the northwest flow over Texas will bring in a few clouds Fri. Night and early Saturday, but in general expect a seasonably cool, beautiful fall weekend. Enjoy!