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2006-06-21 03:19:02 · 20 answers · asked by julie m 2 in Science & Mathematics Weather

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You must not be living in Texas or at least not in the part i live in....we wont even be able to shoot fire works this year because of the burn ban...unless we get some of that wet stuff from the sky! (be glad u have rain it is impotant)

2006-06-21 04:45:18 · answer #1 · answered by CRYSTAL S 6 · 0 1

In order for rain to form there has to be clouds first. So we must look at how clouds form. Ever leave a cold glass of water sitting and the outside of the glass gets all wet? That is from a process that we have all heard of called condensation. Clouds form the same way. All air has some water in it. But the air has to cool off in order for the water to be "squeezed out". I know what you are thinking...cool off?? In the summer? Well think about this: why is there snow on top of mountains but not at the base of the mountain? You know why...because it is colder at the top. So what you are saying is that the further away from the earth you are the colder it gets. Ok. Now you have a basic understanding of thermal dynamics. But the last piece of the puzzle is something everyone already knows. Heat rises. So in the summer it is hot and humid. The sun heats the earth...the earth heats the air...the air then rises and COOLS as it rises...until it reaches its dew point (look it up..not getting into dew point). Then clouds form. There are all kinds of reasons why air rises. Pressure differences cause are to rise, topography (hills and mountains) cause air to rise, and of course heat. So if you have a "front" approaching bringing rain and it is summer you should have "worse" weather in the afternoon than you would at night. Depending on where you are. If you live in Florida you may wonder why you have thunderstorms every afternoon. It is simply heat and moisture. Afternoon is the hottest part of the day. But Florida doesn't have thunderstorms in the winter. Not hot enough. So there ya go. Hope this helps.

2006-06-21 05:41:57 · answer #2 · answered by cynic98 1 · 0 0

I think it's because I really peeved someone off in a past life. Really, though, while we do need some rain, I wish it would just stop. At least stop for more than 1 or 2 days. I'm really getting soggy and annoyed.

2006-06-26 12:50:20 · answer #3 · answered by Garfield 6 · 0 0

There are still weather fronts moving around, but also, Convectional Rainfall, where the ground heats up, warm air rises, cools, condenses to form clouds and then it rains.

2006-06-21 03:25:43 · answer #4 · answered by urMERCYtaughtushow2dance 2 · 0 0

When there is alot of heat bouncing off bodies of water. The water vapor goes into the sky and forms clouds. Since there is alot of heat and sun, there is also moments that there is alot of rain, because of this.

2006-06-21 05:04:39 · answer #5 · answered by Irabee 2 · 0 0

because the water in the ground gets evapourated more due the the sun's heat. more evapouration means more water molecules in the sky which go to a certain height cool down form clouds and rain more

2006-06-21 05:00:43 · answer #6 · answered by bjm_116 2 · 0 0

there is no any other special reason for raining in summer. it depends the low pressure and cool air from the trees. that's all.

2006-06-27 22:47:23 · answer #7 · answered by Sky lark 3 · 0 0

due to the high pressure in the atmosphere and the barametric pressure being so low, this in turn cause precipitation to build up in clouds and when the pressure is just right, you get rain and thunderstorms.

2006-06-28 02:22:34 · answer #8 · answered by Blake T 4 · 0 0

because of the heat making water vaporized to the clouds. moisture builds up and the clouds let go. too much heat and the more moisture that accumulates in the clouds!

2006-06-21 05:30:40 · answer #9 · answered by marineembassy 1 · 0 0

It has to rain sometime--be glad it does.

2006-06-21 03:23:47 · answer #10 · answered by PBarnfeather 3 · 0 0

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