Re: Questions about SE US heat wave

An article in Sunday's Austin Statesman (of all places) answered part of my
question.

http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/metro/stories/09/18warm.html

They explain that the jet stream is unusually far north because of the high
pressure system, of course.

But they also explain that the whole thing is due to a strange pattern of
the weather across the Pacific, and to the unusually warm water temperatures
of the Gulf.

And it won't end on October 2. It won't end before mid October. Sigh.
But not astonishing.

Now, why are we supposed to believe that some low pressure system is going
to end it on Friday?

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Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, Texas
villandra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Dora Smith" <villandra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:gx1Ye.20164$h02.6324@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I have some questions about the current heat wave that has affected Texas
> adn other central and southeaster U.S. states for the past two weeks.
>
> Both TV weatherman and a newspaper article explained that the high
pressure
> system that is creating our heat wave is caused by the fact that the jet
> stream is flowing across the middle of the U.S. from west to east instead
of
> dipping south like it normally does this time of year.
>
> OK. Why is the jet stream failing to come south? If it can't come
south
> because the high pressure or something else is there, what is really
causing
> this weather pattern?
>
> My next question is, where in Texas hurricane Rita hits depends on whether
> and how quickly an incoming low pressure system from teh southwestern U.S.
> pushes off or breaks up the high pressure system.
>
> What low pressure system are they talking about, why should we believe it
is
> going to budge the high pressure system, and how do we tell if it is
> beginning to budge the high pressure system?
>
> Is this the high level low pressure system in southern California, the low
> pressure system that is just moving into California from the ocean, or
> something different? Why should we think weather in California is coming
> to Texas if no other weather from someplace else is coming to Texas? It's
> not going to get here by moving east like weather usually does; it would
> have to magically come southeast.
>
> You know those old Bermuda High's. They always last for five weeks.
> Weatherman always says they will go away in three days. When I lived in
> New York state, I thought either they were trying to prevent a heat crazed
> riot, or they were trying to convince the public to murder weathermen.
One
> day I called up one of them and asked why he keeps saying that. "Because
> the weather always pretty much changes in three days."
>
> I cannot help but notice that Friday when the low pressure system is
> supposed to break up the high pressure system that has been in place for
two
> weeks is three days from today. Is there any reason to think that
> anything at all is going to budge the high pressure system, Friday, or any
> other time?
>
> Is there any reason to think that on October 2 the jet stream will
suddenly
> revert to normal? An article on the web actually said this.
>
> --
> Yours,
> Dora Smith
> Austin, Texas
> villandra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>


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