Weather - Precipitation

Meteorology versus Meteors

If a meteorologist studies weather, what do we call a person who studies meteors? In the days of ancient Greeks, meteorology was the study of the atmosphere, and anything that came out of it - rain, sleet, snow, hail. So, not too surprising that meteorology became the study of weather. But what about meteors? The science of meteors is called Meteorics. Accordingly, a student of meteors is a meteoriticist. A tongue twister to be sure.

Portal 7-Day Weather Forecast

Well, we did get some rain in August. But not enough. WE WANT MORE! Two bouts of low pressure hovering over us, but not lasting very long. The lows move out and the high pressure systems take over and sit still! Sometimes the heat generated by the high pressure systems actually block the moisture from arriving. Weather is NOT simple.

We have not been able to have a regatta in 4 years. The way climate change is working, we may never have a regatta again. Every year, it seems to get hotter and drier.

We did get our usual variations in precipitation, with recording as low as 1.87 inches, all the way to 6.45 inches. Wait a minute. 6.45 inches? That doesn’t sound like a drought!