Why is the current weather pattern taking the definition of persistant and 'climatic?' Otherwise called 'fixed.' I'll try to illustrate. Okay?

Think water vapor. Think where it comes from when the troposphere is primarily dry. Note the density of water vapor over the Gulf of Mexico. Note the movement in the satellite link at the title above to move heat from the equator to the Arctic Circle. The 'water vapor' system the North American continent is 'fixed' into starts at the Equator, includes the Gulf of Mexico and is somewhat minorially contributed to by The Great Lakes. There is significant humidity contributed by The Hudson Bay in Canada, more than the Great Lakes by surface area alone. This is where the humidity is coming from. The rains, chronic now in nature, are 'fixed' because there is no other humidity source, but, why in the middle of the continent?


July 7, 2007
1230z
UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite

The Enhanced Infrared Satellite shows somewhat the 'concentration' of 'weather systems' within this 'climate trend.'

July 7, 2007
1230z
UNISYS Enhanced Infrared Satellite

The Infrared image below is simply to get the 'eye' ready to look at the final satellite below which is a visual satellite.

July 7, 2007
1230z
UNISYS Infrared Satellite

This map below clearly illustrates the mountain ranges of North America which inhibits the travel of surface winds from going west or east to the coastal areas. The humidity coming off the Gulf is coming ashore over the Gulf Coast and traveling over the Great Plains, completely limited to that area due to the mountain ranges.




Weather is caused by 'clouds' when it delivers rain, snow, percipitation. The troposphere has dearly little humidity/water vapor. While there is plenty of 'particles' in the tropsophere to form clouds there is no water vapor to surround the particles.



In the 'visual' satellite picture below the 'clouds' over North America is noted to be east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Appalachian Mountains. What is really scarey about the visual satellite below is the noted shrinking Greenland Ice Sheet. There is a lot of distance from the coast of Greenland and the noted ice sheet.



July 4, 2007

1330z

Visual satellite from UNISYS.


I resist using the visual satellite because I think it's more confusing then discussing the needed requirements of 'water vapor' to produce rain/snow/percipitation. But, this satellite image definately show the Greenland Ice Sheet better than any other.

This is simply another topographic map of North America showing some interesting 'mountain' characteristics in comparison of the satellites above.